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Mendicant friar. 9th century. Ink, gold and colors on silk. From Gansu province, Dunhuang, Grotte Magao (China).
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Mendicant friar. 9th century. Ink, gold and colors on silk. From Gansu provi...

White and blue Ming china cup, decorated with a dragon. Siuang Fe Period, China.
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White and blue Ming china cup, decorated with a dragon....

White china bowl, decorated with ducks ("green family").
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White china bowl, decorated with ducks ("g...

Five-coloured vase decorated with "hundred heads of game". Kia T'sing period (16th).
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Five-coloured vase decorated with "hundred...

The stairs leading up to the Temple of Heaven, are separated by bands of sculpted marble, showing mountains, dragons and phoenixes, and clouds. See 05-01-02/18-21
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The stairs leading up to the Temple of Heaven, are separated by bands of sculpte...

Sitting lioness and her cub at the entrance of the Temple of Confucius, Beijing, China. Begun in 1302, the temples archives contain the lists of 51.624 scholars who passed the imperial examination from the 13th to the 20th century. See 05-01-02/29-35
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Sitting lioness and her cub at the entrance of the Temple of Confucius, Beijing,...

The stairs to the main building of the Temple of Confucius, Beijing, China, are separated by sculpted marble slabs showing dragons and clouds. The temple was begun in 1302 and was used for the imperial examinations. See 05-01-02/29-35
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The stairs to the main building of the Temple of Confucius, Beijing, China, are...

Rider on a horse, glazed terracotta H: 30 cm
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Rider on a horse, glazed terracotta H: 30 cm

A gilded lion on the cornice of the "Red Palace" of Potala, the part reserved for religious functions. Potala Palace was begun by the "Great Fifth", the fifth Dalai Lama, in 1645. See 05-01-02/63-70, 05-01-03/1-15
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A gilded lion on the cornice of the "Red Palace" of Potala, the part reserve...

Terrace and roof of the Great Temple in Lhasa, Tibet. Gilded columns and Tantric wheel with two does. See 05-01-03/6-13
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Terrace and roof of the Great Temple in Lhasa, Tibet. Gilded columns and Tantr...

Tantric wheel flanked by two does, on the roof of the Great Temple in Lhasa, Tibet. See 05-01-03/16-23
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Tantric wheel flanked by two does, on the roof of the Great Temple in Lhasa, T...

Entrance doors to Shalu Monastery show a pair of dog-like dragons with their cub. Shalu was much damaged during the Cultural Revolution and some twenty resident monks, down from a former 300, try to restore the buildings and paintings.
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Entrance doors to Shalu Monastery show a pair of dog-like dragons with th...