Craig Clunas is Professor Emeritus of the History of Art at the University of Oxford

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The clockwork marvels that tell a tale of two empires

These timepieces are fluttering, chiming embodiments of how Britain and China traded with each other in the 18th and 19th centuries

23 Feb 2024
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