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Sundial: Chinese Needham Type-B

Needham Type B. Lacquered wooden dial with red and black lettering. Hinged equatorial leaf with scale of double-hours divided into 2 and 8 parts. Hinged brass pin-gnomon. Original lacquered, wooden case. Lid of case painted and inscribed (cracked).

late 19th-early 20th century

China

	Imperial(in)		Metric(cm)
Height	12/16		1.9
Width	3 1/16		7.7
Depth	6 7/16		16.2
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