A LARGE WOODEN PAGODA-SHAPED CLOCK WITH ENGLISH CLOCK MOVEMENTQing Dynasty The clock circa 1880-1900, with later implements, encased in well carved, possibly wood panels with foliate scrolls, supported on a balustraded terrace supported on bracket feet, four pillars carved with cloud scrolls rising to support the second tier with further ornately carved balustrades, doors with latticework, and four smaller pillars surmounted by a two-tier roof with upturned eaves carved with further cloud scrolls and bats, all surmounted by lotus-bud finial, the wood including chenxiangmu , zitan and other woods. 118cm (46 1/2in) high. 清 木製樓閣鐘 並英國機芯 Clocks in the form of pagodas and towers were popular in the Qianlong period, and there are several similar examples in the Palace Museum in Beijing. See for example, a similar architectural clock with similar structure, but with the Eight Immortals in the second tier, Qianlong, in the Qing Court Collection and illustrated in Gugong zhongbiao , Beijing, 2004, p.60. Another clock in the form of a tower, Qianlong, is also illustrated in Theplete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Scientific and Technical Instruments of the Qing Dynasty , Hong Kong, 1998, p.231, no.205.