Mantle Clock Supported by a Hotei ("Laughing Buddha")
date: label: Date
content: 1740–45
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Mennecy Porcelain Manufactory, French, active 1735 – 1773
label: Maker
content: Claude du Grand Mesnil, French, 1716 – 1757
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A white porcelain figure of Budai on a gilt bronze four legged base; circular clock in bronze housing covered in small white porcelain flowers on top of figure's head.
place: label: Place
content: France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Anonymous Donor
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1967-48-123
objectType: label: Type
content: ceramics
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: clock
label: Type
content: clock
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: soft paste porcelain; enamel, brass, steel, glass, bronze, gold, porcelain
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 28.9 x 21 cm (11 3/8 x 8 1/4 in.)