"The Elephant Clock", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari
Object type: Folio from an illustrated manuscript
Department: Islamic Art
Artist: Badi' al-Zaman ibn al-Razzaz al-Jazari|Farrukh ibn `Abd al-Latif
Artist bio: Northern Mesopotamia 1136–1206 Northern Mesopotamia| 
Artist role: Author|Calligrapher
Artist nationality:  | 
Date: dated A.H. 715/1315 CE
Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Dimensions: H. 11 13/16 in. (30 cm)
W. 7 3/4 in. (19.7cm)
Mat: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm)
        W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)
Frame: H. 20 1/4 in. (51.4 cm)
              W. 15 1/4  in. (38.7 cm)
Classification: Codices
Geography: Made in    probably Syria or Iraq  
Credit line: Bequest of Cora Timken Burnett, 1956
Accession year: 1957
Tags: Birds|Men|Dragons|Elephants|Clocks