Watches Review Center Report: The late eighteenth century, China was flourishing, the British royal family to open a gateway to China, occupying the vast Chinese market, sending envoys to visit China, and brought a large number of Western match up stuff. These represent the advanced technology of the object was a British locomotive models, telescopes, nautical telescopes, the gunboat model, Western bell.
Have transferred a gilded bronze bell pavilion-style British-made eighteenth century bell shape of tall spectacular, intricate workmanship, is a rare treasure. Wooden clock base wrapped with red velvet, the four corners of each side, bending a pterosaur, seat full of rocks, the pavilion stands in the rocks above.
The structure of four minutes, the first layer is the music box, which is equipped with music and activity toy of the devices, music boxes glass box with a circle around the activities of people, different style of clothing they are wearing, look different, just like is a map of social beings.
The middle of the second layer of high-profile turnwatch stood a man with a knife shield destroyed the commander, five knives, spear held, the soldiers carry the flag around his side.
The third layer is the time part of the corners were set crane, four-poster for the dragon, the front center is a two-pin white enamel dials of the clock, tray about two string holes on the left is the winding hole RBI, the right is the travel time of the winding holes.
The fourth layer has established the four corners of the dragon in the middle is a vase, a bottle outside is decorated with wind turbines. Bell is a sphere holding the top of a flying eagle. Clock string starts, the music, the characters, the wind wheel, Eagle, etc. At the same time rotation, very vivid.
Long a symbol of evil in the West, is unpopular, but this clock on the large and small, a total of 25 different types of dragons, of which the Chinese Dragon 12, Dragon 13 West, and one is superior. In addition to the British royal family to cater to China's traditional culture and the emperor's personal preferences and specially made this clock, there is one important reason is the United Kingdom but also in this special way to display its national prestige to China.
Pterosaur body clock, characters, Eagle and other modeling and fine craftsmanship of the eighteenth century, a typical representative of Western culture, and rocks, Li He, Li Long and other casting is representative of traditional Chinese culture, so this bell can be said to focus on the essence of Chinese and Western cultures, is a typical example of fusion of Chinese and Western cultures.
According to reports, an audience with the emperor at the time must pass to Fan Li Shang Institute of introductions, it also prepared a number of British diplomats to the then Quan Chen and Shen's gift, in the middle there are exquisite clocks and watches. Shen was a very respected and Western technology, the matter immediately and report it to the Emperor Qianlong and Emperor Qianlong presented the British envoy sent to watch, but also just like the stuff of Qianlong, the issue of open gateway to China and do not care.
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