Art and Aesthetics from China’s Forbidden City
Seal with Chi-Dragon Knob
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Prologue
Seal with Interlaced Dragons Knob
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Prologue
Emperor Qianlong’s Helmet
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Prologue
Inkstone
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Prologue
Square Black Lacquer Brush Holder Inlaid with Enamel Plaques Depicting Western Figures and Poems
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Prologue
Water vessel with dragon handles
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Prologue
Writing brush with white jade handle and greenish brush bristle rim
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Prologue
Writing Brush with Black Lacquer and Gold-Traced Shou Character Shaft, Lotus Scroll Ferrule, and Purple Hare Hair Tip
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Section I
Painted Enamel Hat Stand
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Section I
Cloisonné Enamel Flying Dragon Candlestick
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Section I
Qianlong-Marked Green Jade Double-Vase
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Section I
White Jade Table Screen with the Three Star Gods
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Section I
White Jade Interlocking Rings with Imperial Inscription by Qianlong
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Section I
Qianlong-Marked White Jade ‘Hero’ Nuptial Cup
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Section I
Celadon Jade Qixia Mountain Boulder Sculpture
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Section I
Famille Verte Dish with Flower Basket Design
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Section I
Square Vase with Five Tubular Openings and String Patterns in Imitation of Ge Ware
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Section II
Doucai ‘Interlocking Hydrangea and Dragon’ Monk’s Cap Ewer
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Section II
Yangcai Garlic-Head Vase with Floral Patterns
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Section II
White-Ground ‘Three Boys’ Vase with Applied Decoration
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Section II
Teapot, Lidded Bowl, Tray
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Section II
Gilt-Silver Pavilion-Shaped Box
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Section II
Qianlong-Marked White Glass Enamel Snuff Bottle
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Section II
Qianlong-Marked Blue Glass Snuff Bottle
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Section II
Gourd-Shaped Snuff Bottle Imitating Agate
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Section II
Qianlong-Marked White Glass Overlaid with Red Fish-Shaped Snuff Bottle
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Section II
Qianlong-Marked White Glass Enamel Snuff Bottle with Ladies Figures
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Section II
Octagonal Glass Enamel Snuff Bottle
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Section II
Transparent Glass Snuff Bottle Overlaid with White and Green
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Section II
Carved Red Lacquer Treasure Box with Handle (Set)
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Section II
Mirror with Handle Decorated with Immortal, Crane, and Tortoise Motif
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Section II
Qianlong-Marked Cloisonné Enamel Mirror with Interlocking Lotus Pattern
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Section III
Qianlong-Marked Rectangular Mirror
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Section III
Octagonal Plain Mirror
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Section III
Tourmaline and Jadeite Pendant with Peach and Bat Motifs
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Section III
Jadeite Belt Hook with Dragon and Chi-Dragon Pattern
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Section III
Jadeite Gourd Brooch with Gold Mount
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Section III
Jade pendant with carved double butterflies and double lucky symbol
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Section III
Jadeite Eighteen Beads Bracelet
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Section III
Purple Copper Guanyin Statue with Silver-Inlay Decoration
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Section III
Copper Statue of Drunken Lü Dongbin Inlaid with Gold
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Section III
Qianlong-Marked Cloisonné Enamel Censer with Lotus Scroll Design, One of a Set of Three
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Section III
Qianlong-Marked Cloisonné Enamel Vase with Lotus Scroll Design, One of a Set of Three
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Section III
Qianlong-Marked Cloisonné Enamel Round Box with Lotus Scroll Design, One of a Set of Three
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Section III
Gilt-Copper Automaton Clock with Rotating Flowers, Changing Characters, and Waterfall
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Section III
Gilt-Copper Filigree Ruyi Sceptre with Filigree and Jadeite Inlay
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Epilog