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Description: | Copper copy of a Chinese scene, low relief, silhouette, Science Museum, South Kensington, London, England, 1965. It depicts a tree and a crane, it is linked with the Chinese water-clock because Su Sung (a Chinese engineer of water clocks) described the release chain of the water-balance escapement as " the crane-bird's knee". | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Subjects: | bas-relief copy | Temporal: | 1965 | Source: | Science Museum | Creator: | Science Museum | Identifier: | http://collectionsonline.nmsi.ac.uk/grab... | Go to resource |
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