Objekt 4
Chinese compass sundial
Description
The lid of the hinged box is understood with a Chinese landscape and characters, the inside shows rectangular fields with Chinese characters. The compass is embedded in the bottom. It also bears a horizontal sundial with hour markers and graduation lines, the gnomon thread is missing.
Object description
China, probably 19th century.
Wood, painted red and black, lacquered, compass in the center, gnomon thread missing
Bequest Carl and Lini Nathan-Rupp, Binningen
Inv. 1982.1148.