At The Met, Surrealistic Wonders That Delivered Us Unto Our Techno-Besotted World

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Automaton clock in the form of Diana on her chariot, ca 1610

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Grotesque boar and coconut cup, 1603-1609

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Automaton in the form of a June bug, ca 1600.

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The Draughtsman-Writer, ca 1800

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The Moving Monk, mid–16th century

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Automaton clock, ca 1777

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Equation clock, 1591

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The Green Dresden, 1769

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Multifaceted Sun Clock, 1604

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Odometer, 1584

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The Great Ruby Watch, ca 1670

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Large onyx pendant, before 1727

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Celestial Globe with clockwork, 1579

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