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Panoramic photography by
Jean-Francois Lanzarone,
Powerhouse Museum.


The Ming dynasty Great Wall at Jinshanling, Luanping, Hebei Photograph by Jean-Francois Lanzarone, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, 2006

Jiayuguan Pass Jiayuguan, Gansu Photograph by Jean-Francois Lanzarone, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, 2006

Jiayuguan Pass, Jiayuguan, Gansu Photograph by Jean-Francois Lanzarone, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, 2006

The Ming dynasty Great Wall at Badaling, Yanqing, Beijing Photograph by Jean-Francois Lanzarone, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, 2006

Tourist stalls at Badaling, Yanqing, Beijing Photograph by Jean-Francois Lanzarone, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, 2006

The Ming dynasty Great Wall at Jinshanling, Luanping, Hebei Photograph by Jean-Francois Lanzarone, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, 2006

Album leaf, ‘The Battle of Tungusruq’, Qing Dynasty, Qianlong period (1736-1795). Collection of the Palace Museum.
Detail of a painted handscroll, ‘Zhaojun travels beyond the Wall’, Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Collection of the National Museum of China.
Silk sock, Han dynasty (206 BCE–220 CE). Collection of the National Museum of China
Detail, Plans of the Jizhou Military commandery of the Ming dynasty Great Wall, Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Collection of the National Museum of China.
Portrait of Chinggis Khan (died 1227), painted during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Collection of the National Museum of China.
Earthenware female equestrian figure, Sui Dynasty (581-618). Collection of the National Museum of China.
Special permit allowing land passage made of bronze inlaid with gold, Warring States period (475–221 BCE), Chu State. Collection of the National Museum of China, Beijing.
Gilded bronze death mask of a Khitan nobleman, Liao Dynasty (916-1125). Collection of the National Museum of China.
Glazed earthenware figurine of a man from West Asia, from the tomb of Xianyu Tinghui (dated 723), Tang Dynasty (618-907). Collection of the National Museum of China.
Bronze mounted guard from a tomb in Gansu, Eastern Han dynasty (25-220). Collection of the Gansu Provincial Museum.
Glazed earthenware camel, Tang Dynasty (618-907). Collection of the National Museum of China.
Silver pilgrim flask with gilding, Liao Dynasty (916-1125). Collection of the National Museum of China.
Terracotta figure of a standing crossbowman from the mausoleum of Emperor Qin Shihuang, Qin dynasty (221-206 BCE). Collection of the National Museum of China.
Bronze ornament in the shape of a kneeling deer, Western Han dynasty (206 BCE – 8 CE). Collection of the National Museum of China.
Coin, Liao dynasty (916-1125). Collection of the National Museum of China.
Brick from the Jinshanling section of the Ming dynasty Great Wall, dated 1578. Collection of the National Museum of China.
       

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