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Incense Fire Clock
John D. Readc. 1979
National Watch & Clock Museum
Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
Scale model of an original dragon boat. Seven pairs of brass strike balls, below the dragon, are suspended on silk threads. Incense inside the body of the dragon burns slowly at the rate of two inches an hour. As the fire burns through the silk thread, it causes the balls to fall to the gong beneath the dragon, thus sounding the hours. On wood base 7 1/4 x 3 3/4 x 7/8 inches.
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- Title: Incense Fire Clock
- Creator: John D. Read
- Date Created: c. 1979
- Location Created: Tokyo, Japan
- External Link: 80.41.1
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