Hi, I'm Pericles of Athens, and welcome to my gallery page of photos I have taken myself or have scanned. Many of these images are photos I took in museums. Others come from books I own or have checked out from libraries. Some are simply public domain pictures of stamps that I've uploaded. There are also a lot of pictures I've uploaded from GaryLeeTodd.com, a site managed by a professor who has given me permission to upload his photos.

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  Han Dynasty chimera (qilin)
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  Bronze horse, Han Dynasty
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  Bronze gaming vessel for darts, Han Dynasty
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  A Western Zhou Dynasty bronze gui vessel
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  Lacquerware, Ming Dynasty
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  Lacquerware, Ming Dynasty
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  An Eastern Zhou Dynasty bronze ding vessel
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  An Eastern Han Dynasty bronze mirror with incised designs
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  A red lacquerware tray with gold engravings, Song Dynasty
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  A sancai-glazed earthenware tomb guardian, 8th century, Tang Dynasty
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  Ritual bronze wine container in the shape of an animal, 10th century BC, Western Zhou Dynasty
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  A golden canteen with design of a flying dragon, 15th century, Ming Dynasty
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  Two Western Zhou Dynasty ritual containers
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  Two Western Zhou Dynasty ritual containers
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  An Eastern Zhou Dynasty bronze musical bell
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  Western and Eastern Zhou Dynasty bronze vessels
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  An Eastern Zhou Dynasty bronze wine container
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  An Eastern Zhou Dynasty bronze and silver canteen
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  An Eastern Zhou Dynasty bronze basin
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  An Eastern Zhou Dynasty bronze bird-shaped wine server
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  A bronze ritual wine container in the shape of an owl, 11th century BC, Shang Dynasty
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  A bronze ritual wine container with a looped handle, 11th century BC, Shang Dynasty
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  A Western Han Dynasty bronze tripod lamp
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  A Western Han Dynasty gilt-bronze lamp set
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  A Han Dynasty bronze horse with plume and saddle
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  Rear view of the Han Dynasty bronze horse
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  A bronze ritual wine container, 12th or 11th century BC, Shang Dynasty
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  A bronze animal, possibly a tapir, c. 500 BC, Eastern Zhou Dynasty
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  A Six Dynasties limestone chimera statue
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  A Northern Qi Buddhist relief of the Western Paradise
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  Northern Zhou Daoist stele made of limestone
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  A Sui Dynasty stoneware pilgrim flask
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  A Tang Dynasty bronze mirror with dragon
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  A red lacquerware tray, 14th century, Yuan Dynasty
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  A bronze ritual food container, 10th century BC, Western Zhou Dynasty
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  A Tang Dynasty bronze mirror with mythical animals
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  A Tang Dynasty stoneware ewer
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  A limestone statue of a mourning attendant, 7th century, Tang Dynasty
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  A square bronze and lacquerware mirror with a silver and gold fenghuang motif, 8th century AD, Tang Dynasty
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  A Tang Dynasty bronze mirror
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  Miniature stoneware items, 7th to 8th century, Tang Dynasty
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  A leaping lion, bronze with gilding, 7th to 8th century, Tang Dynasty
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  A Song Dynasty stoneware jar
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  Song Dynasty porcelain vase, bowl, and granary model
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  Song Dynasty porcelain, lacquerware, and stoneware
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  A Song Dynasty painting of Tao Yuanming
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  A Song Dynasty porcelain bottle
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  A Song Dynasty lacquerware tray
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  A Song Dynasty stoneware vase
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  Stoneware tea bowls, 12th or 13th century, Song Dynasty
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  Song and Jin porcelain bowls and dishes
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  A Jin Dynasty wooden bodhisattva statue
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  A Song Dynasty stoneware tea bowl resting on a Ming Dynasty stand
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  A Yuan Dynasty stoneware incense burner
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  A Ming Dynasty wardrobe made of rosewood
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  A Ming Dynasty lacquerware container
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  A red lacquerware dish, 15th or 16th century, Ming Dynasty
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  A Ming Dynasty painting
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  A Ming Dynasty painting
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  Ming or Qing bamboo brush holder
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  A Chinese cloisonne stupa dated to the reign of the Qianlong Emperor
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  A Qing Dynasty painting
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  A Chinese jade figurine, 4th century BC, Eastern Zhou Dynasty
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  A Chinese jade wine cup, 2nd century BC, Western Han Dynasty
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  The Guan Yin of Eleven Heads, limestone carving, c. 703 AD, from Chang'an, Tang Dynasty
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  A bronze Guan Yin with gilding, c. 700-750 AD, Tang Dynasty
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  Red lacquerware tray, 12th to 13th century, Song Dynasty
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  A bronze statuette of a foreign Central Asian dancer, 7th to 8th century AD, Tang Dynasty
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  A small red lacquerware container for crickets, design of a dragon on the side, from the reign of the Jiajing Emperor (1521-1567 AD)
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  A black lacquerware dish on a pedestal, either Song Dynasty or Jin Dynasty, 12th to 13th century
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  A bronze chariot fitting with gold, silver, and glass decoration, c. 300–250 BC, Eastern Zhou Dynasty
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  A bronze chariot fitting with gold, silver, and glass decoration, c. 300–250 BC, Eastern Zhou Dynasty
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  Buddha and bodhisattvas, bronze with gilding, 597 AD, Sui Dynasty
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  A bronze ritual bell with tiger decorations, 10th or 9th century BC, Western Zhou Dynasty
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  A bronze mirror with raised-relief decorations of wedding flowers, 8th century, Tang Dynasty
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  A bronze garment hook inlaid with gold and turquoise, 3rd century BC, Eastern Zhou Dynasty
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  Bronze belt hook inlaid with gold, 2nd or 1st century BC, Western Han Dynasty
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  The Bodhisattva, limestone sculpture, c. 570 AD, Northern Qi
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  Belt buckle and ornaments, made of bronze and copper with gilding, late 6th century, Sui Dynasty

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  (One of four) Wooden Japanese Buddhist guardian (lokapala) of the East, Kamakura period
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  A Korean stoneware cosmetic box with a celadon glaze, c. 1150–1250 AD, Goryeo period
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  Egyptian miniature glasswares from the New Kingdom
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  An Egyptian coffin mask from the New Kingdom
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  A Japanese seated Bodhisattva, made of wood with lacquer, gold, copper, and crystal, made by the sculptor Kaikei (fl. 1185–1220 AD), Kamakura period
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  Japanese wooden statue of Bodhisattva Jizō, with applied gold relief, Kamakura period
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  Tibetan brass alloy statue, Guge Kingdom
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  A Nepalese polychrome wooden statue of the Malla Kingdom
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  Syrian glassware vessels during the Mamluk era
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  A Persian ceramic plate
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  A Persian ceramic bowl
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  A Vietnamese stoneware vase from the Le Dynasty
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  Kamakura period Japanese guardian figure statues
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  A Kamakura period Japanese Amida Buddha statue
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  A Kamakura period Japanese painting
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  A Japanese arhat painting by Ryozen
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  A Korean stoneware ewer from the Goryeo Dynasty
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  A Korean stoneware ewer from the Goryeo Dynasty
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  (Two of four) Wooden Japanese Buddhist guardians (lokapala), Kamakura period

East Asia: A Cultural, Social, and Political History, by Ebrey, Walthall, and Palais

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  A Song Dynasty painting of an outdoor banquet

Freer Gallery of Art Fiftieth Anniversary Exhibition II, Chinese Figure Painting, by Thomas Lawton

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  Luohan Laundering, by Lin Tinggui, 1178 AD, Song Dynasty

Cambridge Illustrated History of China, by Patricia Ebrey

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  A 10th-century painting showing the Buddhist monasteries of Mount Wutai, from the Mogao Caves at Dunhuang
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  A hydraulic mill for grain, Song Dynasty
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  Chinese embroidered silk gauze, 4th century BC
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  Western Han Dynasty painting on silk
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  Traveling on the River in Clearing Snow, by Guo Zhongshu, 10th century, Song Dynasty
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  Puppeteers draw a crowd, 14th century, Yuan Dynasty
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  A mural painting of theatre actors, 14th century, Yuan Dynasty

Chronicle of the Chinese Emperors: the Reign-by-Reign Record of the Rulers of Imperial China, by Ann Paludan

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  A mural showing palace eunuchs, from the tomb of Li Xian, Crown Prince Zhanghuai, Tang Dynasty
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  A mural showing a city gate tower, from the tomb of Li Chongrun, Crown Prince Yide, Tang Dynasty
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  A mural of palace ladies in a garden, from the tomb of Li Xian, Crown Prince Zhanghuai, Tang Dynasty
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  A mural showing foreign ambassadors, from the tomb of Li Xian, Crown Prince Zhanghuai, Tang Dynasty
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  The Jiajing Emperor on his state barge, Ming Dynasty
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  The Xuande Emperor traveling to the Ming Dynasty Tombs, Ming Dynasty

The Genius of China, by Robert Temple

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  A pair of guardian spirits for different hours of day and night, respectively, a painted ceramic tile from the Han Dynasty
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  Principles of Correct Diet, by Hu Sihui, Yuan Dynasty, 1330 AD
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  The process of sublimation of calomel, or mercury(I) chloride, from the Essentials of the Pharmacopoeia Ranked According to Nature and Efficacy; Imperially Commissioned, 1505 AD, Ming Dynasty, edited by Liu Wentai

T'ien-Kung K'ai-Wu: Chinese Technology in the Seventeenth Century, by Song Yingxing (translated by E-tu Zen Sun and Shiou-Chuan Sun in 1966)

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  A rotary fan winnowing machine
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  Casting a tripod, bell, and statue
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  Hydraulic-powered trip hammers

Science and Civilization in China: Volume 5, Part 7, by Joseph Needham

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  Chinese fire ships, Wujing Zongyao (1044)
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  Chinese flamethrower, Wujing Zongyao (1044)
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  Chinese gunpowder formula, Wujing Zongyao (1044)
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  Bird with incendiary around its neck, Wujing Zongyao (1044)
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  Chinese naval mine, Huolongjing, 14th century
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  Chinese multistage rocket, Huolongjing, 14th century
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  Chinese fire lance, Huolongjing, 14th century
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  Chinese cannon, Huolongjing, 14th century.
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  The 'Flying Crow with Magic Fire', an aerodynamic winged rocket bomb, Huolongjing, 14th century
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  Self-tripped trespass land mine, Huolongjing, 14th century

Science and Civilization in China: Volume 4, Part 3, by Joseph Needham

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  Diagram of corbel brackets from a cross section of a hall, from Li Jie's Yingzao Fashi published in 1103.
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  Bracket arm clusters containing cantilevers, Yingzao Fashi (1103)
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  Tenon and mortice work of tie beams and cross beams, Yingzao Fashi (1103)
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  Transverse corbel brackets, Yingzao Fashi (1103)
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  Bracket and cantilever arms, Yingzao Fashi (1103)

Science and Civilization in China: Volume 3, by Joseph Needham.

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  A star map of Su Song's book, 1092.
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  A star map of Su Song's book, 1092.
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  A Song Dynasty terrain map of 1137 with a graduated scale of 100 li

Science and Civilization in China: Volume 4, Part 2, by Joseph Needham

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  Original diagram of Su Song's clocktower, 1092.
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  The original illustration of the chain drive from the book written by Su Song on his clock tower of Kaifeng, 11th century, Song Dynasty
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  Pompeo Targone's field mill in Vittorio Zonca's treatise of 1607
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  A field mill in the Diagrams and explanations of the wonderful machines of the Far West by Johann Schreck and Wang Zheng (王徵), published 1627, Ming Dynasty
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  Angler on a Wintry Lake, by Ma Yuan, 1195 AD, earliest artistic depiction of a fishing reel

Science and Civilization in China: Volume 5, Part 1, by Joseph Needham

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  A playing card from the early Ming Dynasty, circa 1400 AD

The Arts of China: Fourth Edition, by Michael Sullivan

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  Woven silk from Mawangdui
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  Painted figures on a lacquerware basket, Eastern Han Dynasty
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  Portrait of the Yongle Emperor, 15th century, Ming Dynasty
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  Pomegranates, woodblock print, Ming Dynasty
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  Fishermen Returning Through a Wintry Forest, by Tang Di, 1338, Yuan Dynasty
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  Detail of the Nine Dragons Scroll, by Chen Rong, 1244 AD, Song Dynasty
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  Autumn Colors on Rivers and Mountains, Northern Song Dynasty
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  Sakyamuni cuts his hair, from Dunhuang, Tang Dynasty
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  Detail of Sakyamuni cuts his hair, from Dunhuang, Tang Dynasty
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  Vimalakirti debating Manjusri, 8th century, Tang Dynasty
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  Buddhist Paradise of Amitābha, Cave 172 of Dunhuang, Tang Dynasty
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  Riders on Horseback, 6th century, Northern Qi
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  Lacquer painting over wood, 4th to 6th century, Northern Wei
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  Close-up of a silk banner, from Mawangdui, 2nd century BC, Western Han Dynasty

The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Augustus, by Karl Galinsky

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  Augustus, 30 BC.

"Brilliant Artifacts" in Recarving China's Past, by Cary Y. Liu

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  Ink rubbing of a 2nd century AD Eastern Han Dynasty raised-relief image of horses, chariots, and riders
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  Ink rubbing of a 2nd century AD Eastern Han Dynasty raised-relief image of a battle scene at a bridge
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  Painting of a watchtower, from the Eastern Han Dynasty
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  A Western Han Dynasty triangular hollow tomb tile with painted dragon and armed warrior design

Recarving China's Past, edited by Naomi Noble Richard

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  Painted bronze mirror, Han Dynasty

Artisans in Early Imperial China, by Anthony Barbieri-Low

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  Mawangdui silk map

Horizon Book of World Arts

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  Painted figures on a lacquerware basket, Eastern Han Dynasty

"Mediums and Messages: The Wu Family Shrines and Cultural Production in Qing China," in Rethinking Recarving China's Past: Ideals, Practices and Problems of the "Wu Family Shrines" and Han China, by Lillian Lan-Ying Tseng

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  Story of Jin Midi, ink rubbing of an Eastern Han Dynasty raised-relief from the Wu Family Shrines in Shandong province

"Pleasure Tower Model" in Recarving China's Past, by Nancy N. Steinhardt

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  A stone-carved pillar-gate of the 2nd century AD, Eastern Han Dynasty, located at the Wu Family Shrine in Shandong province

"Constructing Citang in Han" in Rethinking Recarving China's Past, by Michael Nylan

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  Ink rubbing of a Han Dynasty raised-relief image showing an ancestral worship hall (citang 祠堂)

The Arts of China, 900–1620, by William Watson

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  Two horsemen in a wintry landscape, by Liang Kai, 13th century, Song Dynasty
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  Fishing on a Snowy River, by Xu Daoning, 11th century, Song Dynasty
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  Liu Bang enters Guanzhong, by Zhao Boju, 12th century, Song Dynasty

The Art of Chinese Landscape Painting, by Anil de Silva

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  Gentlemen in conversation, tomb mural from the Eastern Han Dynasty

Han Civilization, by Wang Zhongshu

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  A tomb mural painting of a servant, Han Dynasty

These following images I've uploaded were not taken in any of my own photographs, but they were published in a Chinese Ming Dynasty encyclopedia in the year 1637, which makes them all public domain.

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  Chinese molten iron puddle and blast furnace
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  Two designs for hydraulic-powered chain pumps
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  A two-masted ship
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  A giant draw loom for weaving
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  Smelting silver and removing lead
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  A farmer using a pulley to lift a bucket
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  Raising brine from a salt well
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  Crushing cane with an ox-powered vertical-toothed roll crusher
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  Coal mining
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  An ox-driven grinding mill
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  Three more designs for chain pumps