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"Kharrad Recognizes the "Princess" as being an Automaton", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) by Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

"Kharrad Recognizes the "Princess" as being an Automaton", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (d. 1020)

dated 741 AH/1341 CE · Ink, watercolor, and gold on paper

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Peacock-shaped Hand Washing Device: Illustration from The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices (Automata) of Ibn al-Razza al-Jazari (recto) by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Peacock-shaped Hand Washing Device: Illustration from The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices (Automata) of Ibn al-Razza al-Jazari (recto)

Unrecorded maker

1315 · Manuscript, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

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Automaton clock in the form of the Madonna and Child by Nikolaus Schmidt the Elder, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Automaton clock in the form of the Madonna and Child

Nikolaus Schmidt the Elder (d. 1630)

ca. 1620–25 · Case: gilded brass, silver, and ebony veneered on oak; Movement: brass and iron

Cleared · Public Domain

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Peacock-shaped Hand Washing Device (recto); Text Page, Arabic Prose (verso) by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Peacock-shaped Hand Washing Device (recto); Text Page, Arabic Prose (verso)

Unrecorded maker

1315 · Manuscript, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

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Automaton clock in the form of an eagle by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Automaton clock in the form of an eagle

Unrecorded maker

ca. 1630 · Case: gilded brass on base of ebony and ebony veneered on fruitwood; Movement: brass and iron

Cleared · Public Domain

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Text Page, Arabic Prose (verso) Text from The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices (Automata) of Inb al-Razza al-Jazari by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Text Page, Arabic Prose (verso) Text from The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices (Automata) of Inb al-Razza al-Jazari

Unrecorded maker

1315 · Manuscript, ink and opaque watercolor on paper

Cleared · CC0

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Automaton clock in the form of Urania, Muse of Astronomy by Paullus Schiller, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Automaton clock in the form of Urania, Muse of Astronomy

Paullus Schiller (d. 1634)

ca. 1620–30 · Case: partly gilded and partly silvered brass, copper with traces of silver, ebony, and ebony veneer; Movement: gilded brass and partly blued steel

Cleared · Public Domain

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Snuff Box by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Snuff Box

Unrecorded maker

early 1800s · Miscellaneous, tortoiseshell with painted automaton miniature under glass mounted in gold on gilt metal

Cleared · CC0

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Automaton clock in the form of a lion by Karl Schmidt, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Automaton clock in the form of a lion

Karl Schmidt (d. 1636)

ca. 1620–35 · Case: gilded brass and gilded silver on a base of ebony, and ebony veneered on fruitwood; Dial: silvered brass; Movement: iron and brass

Cleared · Public Domain

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Watch with automaton by Charles Clay, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Watch with automaton

Charles Clay (d. 1740)

ca. 1720 · Case: gold and silver; Dial: champlevé gold

Cleared · Public Domain

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Automaton in the form of a chariot pushed by a Chinese attendant and set with a clock by James Cox, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Automaton in the form of a chariot pushed by a Chinese attendant and set with a clock

James Cox (d. 1800)

1766 · Case: gold with diamonds and paste jewels set in silver, pearls; Dial: white enamel; Movement: partly gilded brass and steel, wheel balance and cock of silver set with paste jewels

Cleared · Public Domain

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Automaton in the Form of a Triumphal Chariot Drawn by Four Horses by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Automaton in the Form of a Triumphal Chariot Drawn by Four Horses

Unrecorded maker

ca. 1760–70 · Gilt bronze, brilliants

Cleared · Public Domain

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