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"The Castle Water Clock," from the Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari
1315 A.D./ 715 A.H.
Object Place: Eastern Turkey or Syria
Medium/Technique
Ink, watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions
Height x width: 31.1 × 21 cm (12 1/4 × 8 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number31.126
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Islamic Art
ClassificationsBooks and manuscripts
ProvenanceBy 1931, Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 - d. 1935), Cambridge, MA; 1931, gift of Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA. (Accession date: March 5, 1931)