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View of the city of Lucca (Tuscany), showing a great number of "dwelling towers", inhabited by the urban aristocracy. DIVA LUCENTIUM LIBERTAS- LUCA. From a 14th century manuscript in the Archivo Capitolare, Lucca.
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3731
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black and white photos of 19th century China. Architecture and People
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inv455
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Wall painting, detail: empress Hu of the Toba Wei, having her hair shaven off when taking her Buddhist vows, just before her death in 528 AD. Detail of a paradise scene, the "Paradise of Maitreya". The empress has the palms of her hands pressed together i
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14272
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Wall painting (fragment): female divinity, ornamented hair, voluptuous breasts, hands held near face.
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4029
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black and white photos of 19th century China. architecture and people
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420
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Two rows of stepping-stones used for crossing a shallow stream. A farmer stepping on one row.
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9341
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View of Xiongnu grave-mound (kurgan) near Noin Ula.
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6350
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Two ceremonial canopies on wooden stands, used in display of the LUBU, the emperor's insignia. The canopies are made of red and blue satin embroidered with decorative motifs.
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10283
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Winged immortal, bronze with gilt. A feather motif covers his body. Large ears.
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5342
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View of Mount Shizhai where many archaeological finds of the Dian culture have been made. In the foreground a field with haystacks.
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5549
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Xianling, grave-mound of the Gaozu emperor of the Tang dynasty. A total of 23 princes, princesses and meritorious statesmen are buried here.
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13326
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Young Buddhist monks, wearing yellow cloaks, standing at the embankment on the Mekong river near Xishuang banna, Yunnan.
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1725
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Worshippers at the altar in the temple of Guandi, God of War, on the west side of the gateyard of Qianmen (officially called Zhengyang men, the central gate in the south wall of the upper city of Peking).
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8641
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Two men pounding earth (HANGTU) into a shiftable wooden form, building a wall of pisé de terre. The picture shows the position and end locking of the form and a walled-in window frame. Almost duplicate acc. 11186
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8719
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Wall painting, fragment, showing a Hînayâna monk meditating on a skull. See also acc. 2877
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1782
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Young monk in orange habit holding an umbrella, Campuchea.
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1809
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Watercolour: view of the city of "Phanchu", Pengze (Jiangxi), mountainous landscape; city walls following the ridges of the hills, a plain leading to the waterside. 18-19th century copy of the original watercolour by Joan Nieuhof, member of the Dutch emba
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4498
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Yuanfan lou, the "Tower of Far-off Sails", situated along the water at the north-west end of Qionghua island at Beihai. Stone steps from the lake to the building, flanked by two stone QILIN.
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666
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White porcelain wine-pot with lion handle.
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7573
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Two criminal opium smokers chained to each other, both with fetters around the neck.
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9439
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