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Chinese Collection (#100)

"Exploring the Rich Tapestry of Chinese Culture: From Puccini's Turandot to Chairman Mao's Cultural Revolution Poster" Immerse yourself in the enchanting world of China

Background imageChinese Collection: Aston Martin Asia Cup

Aston Martin Asia Cup
Danny Watts (GBR) Noble Group. Aston Martin Asia Cup, Shanghai, China, 17-19 October 2008

Background imageChinese Collection: Blancpain GT Series Asia Shanghai

Blancpain GT Series Asia Shanghai
Alessio Picariello, J-Fly by Absolute Racing with grid girl on the grid at Blancpain GT Series Asia, Rd9 and Rd10, Shanghai, China, 23-24 September 2017

Background imageChinese Collection: Global Endurance GT Series, Zhuhai, China, 3 November 1996

Global Endurance GT Series, Zhuhai, China, 3 November 1996
Tony Ring (SWE) Ferrari F355. Global Endurance GT Series, Zhuhai, China, 3 November 1996

Background imageChinese Collection: Audi R8 LMS Cup Zhejiang

Audi R8 LMS Cup Zhejiang
Jeffrey Lee (TWN) Team Audi Volkswagen Taiwan at Audi R8 LMS Cup, Rd9 and Rd10, Zhejiang, China, 7-8 October 2017

Background imageChinese Collection: Portrait F1 Formula 1 Formula One Chinese Chi

Portrait F1 Formula 1 Formula One Chinese Chi
Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China. Friday 10 April 2015. Daniil Kvyat, Red Bull Racing. World Copyright: Charles Coates/LAT Photographic. ref: Digital Image _N7T6834

Background imageChinese Collection: Chinese Grand Prix Practice

Chinese Grand Prix Practice
at Formula One World Championship, Rd3, Chinese Grand Prix, Practice, Shanghai, China, Friday 10 April 2015

Background imageChinese Collection: Chinese Grand Prix Qualifying

Chinese Grand Prix Qualifying
Photographers at Formula One World Championship, Rd2, Chinese Grand Prix, Qualifying, Shanghai, China, Saturday 8 April 2017

Background imageChinese Collection: Chinese Grand Prix Race

Chinese Grand Prix Race
Sebastian Vettel (GER) Ferrari and Nico Rosberg (GER) Mercedes AMG F1 celebrate on the podium with the champagne Formula One World Championship, Rd3, Chinese Grand Prix, Race, Shanghai, China

Background imageChinese Collection: Great Wall of China at Badaling. First built during the Ming dynasty (1368-1644)

Great Wall of China at Badaling. First built during the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) and restored in the 1980s Great Wall of China at Badaling

Background imageChinese Collection: Beijing, China - Mar 1987: The Temple of Heaven in Beijing, China. Scanned 35mm film

Beijing, China - Mar 1987: The Temple of Heaven in Beijing, China. Scanned 35mm film

Background imageChinese Collection: Chinese Grand Prix

Chinese Grand Prix
Romain Grosjean (FRA) Haas VF-16 at Formula One World Championship, Rd3, Chinese Grand Prix, Qualifying, Shanghai, China, Saturday 16 April 2016

Background imageChinese Collection: Florida, Orlando, Lake Eola, Chinese Ting Pavilion, swan

Florida, Orlando, Lake Eola, Chinese Ting Pavilion, swan

Background imageChinese Collection: USA, California, San Francisco, Chinatown

USA, California, San Francisco, Chinatown
1431-201704-01

Background imageChinese Collection: Some horses in front of a stall. Shanghai, China

Some horses in front of a stall. Shanghai, China China Shanghai. Date of Photograph:1880 ca

Background imageChinese Collection: A white horse. Shanghai, China

A white horse. Shanghai, China China Shanghai. Date of Photograph:1880 ca

Background imageChinese Collection: Horses and grooms posing for a group photo. Shanghai, China

Horses and grooms posing for a group photo. Shanghai, China China Shanghai. Date of Photograph:1880 ca

Background imageChinese Collection: A horse with its groom. Shanghai, China

A horse with its groom. Shanghai, China China Shanghai. Date of Photograph:1880 ca

Background imageChinese Collection: Hongyadong

Hongyadong
Antoni Figueras

Background imageChinese Collection: Chinese Manchurian man, in traditional attire, shown in a street with a few children

Chinese Manchurian man, in traditional attire, shown in a street with a few children and two men in uniform. On the right men in uniform are looking through a spyglass. Date of Photograph:1904

Background imageChinese Collection: Stretcher bearers helping a group of wounded victims of the Russo-Japanese war

Stretcher bearers helping a group of wounded victims of the Russo-Japanese war. Date of Photograph:1904

Background imageChinese Collection: Portrait of a group of Chinese. Some of them are wearing uniforms

Portrait of a group of Chinese. Some of them are wearing uniforms. At the center of the group is a child. Date of Photograph:1904

Background imageChinese Collection: Chinese stretcher bearers transporting those wounded in the Russo-Japanese war

Chinese stretcher bearers transporting those wounded in the Russo-Japanese war. Date of Photograph:1904

Background imageChinese Collection: Chinese removing a cadavar abandoned along the way during military action in the Russo-Japanese war

Chinese removing a cadavar abandoned along the way during military action in the Russo-Japanese war. Date of Photograph:1904

Background imageChinese Collection: Fireworks in Shanghai, China celebration National Day of the People's Republic of China

Fireworks in Shanghai, China celebration National Day of the People's Republic of China

Background imageChinese Collection: Labourers unloading a barge, Hong Kong, c. 1900 Vintage early 20th century photograph

Labourers unloading a barge, Hong Kong, c. 1900 Vintage early 20th century photograph
Labourers unloading a barge, Hong Kong, c.1900 Vintage early 20th century photograph

Background imageChinese Collection: 1860s Japan - portrait of a samurai and his servant travelling in snow Felice or Felix

1860s Japan - portrait of a samurai and his servant travelling in snow Felice or Felix Beato (1832 - 29 January 1909), Italian-British photographer working mostly in India, Japan, China

Background imageChinese Collection: China c. 1880s Jade Spring Hill Summer palace, Peking, Beijing

China c. 1880s Jade Spring Hill Summer palace, Peking, Beijing
Vintage 19th century photograph China c.1880s - pagoda, Jade Spring Hill, near the Summer palace, Peking, Beijing

Background imageChinese Collection: Chinese official in sedan chair, China, c. 1880s

Chinese official in sedan chair, China, c. 1880s
Chinese official in sedan chair, China, c.1880s

Background imageChinese Collection: Tower on Tartar wall, Peking Beijing city walls c. 1900

Tower on Tartar wall, Peking Beijing city walls c. 1900
Tower on Tartar wall, The Peking Beijing city walls

Background imageChinese Collection: Chinese wisteria, Wisteria sinensis

Chinese wisteria, Wisteria sinensis (Wistaria sinensis). Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse, Frederick Warne, London

Background imageChinese Collection: Jequirity bean or rosary pea, Abrus precatorius

Jequirity bean or rosary pea, Abrus precatorius, Abro da corone. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali

Background imageChinese Collection: Malay cock and hen

Malay cock and hen, Gallus gallus domesticus, Rev. A.C. Brookes pair, prizes at Crystal Palace and Birmingham 1871, Dublin 1872

Background imageChinese Collection: Ichthyosaur, Plesiosaur and Pterosaurs

Ichthyosaur, Plesiosaur and Pterosaurs
Ichthyosaur and Plesiosaur fighting at left, Pterosaurs at right. Fantastic image copied from a mezzotint by John Martin from Thomas Hawkins Book of the Great Sea-Dragons

Background imageChinese Collection: The Chinese restaurant in the Hong Kong section of the British Empire exhibition at

The Chinese restaurant in the Hong Kong section of the British Empire exhibition at Wembley in 1924. Date: 1924

Background imageChinese Collection: Chung Ling Soo at the London Hippodrome

Chung Ling Soo at the London Hippodrome
Chung Ling Soo, Chinese conjuror (real name Billy Robinson) in publicity photographs for his act at the London Hippodrome in 1904. Date: 1904

Background imageChinese Collection: Rival Chinese magicians Chung Ling Soo & Ching Ling Foo

Rival Chinese magicians Chung Ling Soo & Ching Ling Foo
Rival Chinese magicians, Chung Ling Soo (real name, Billy Robinson) seen top putting his wife Suee Seen (aka Olive or Dot ) into a cannon as part of his act at the London Hippodrome

Background imageChinese Collection: Mustard greens or kai choi, Brassica juncea

Mustard greens or kai choi, Brassica juncea. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by Walther Muller from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany

Background imageChinese Collection: Chinese string and percussion instruments

Chinese string and percussion instruments
Chinese musical instruments: two-string erhu 1, 2, three-string erhu 3, four-string pipa 4, 5, gong 6, horns and percussion, yunluo cloud gong 11, and paiban 12

Background imageChinese Collection: Ancient Chinese weapons and war engines

Ancient Chinese weapons and war engines
Ancient Chinese weapons including shield 1, bow and arrow 2, axe 10, helmet 12, lance 8, 9, quiver 4, and war engines, including mobile siege ladder 13, mobile moat bridge 15, fire starter engine 14

Background imageChinese Collection: Chinese man and Nogai Tatar man

Chinese man and Nogai Tatar man
Chinese man and Tatar man of the Nogai Horde. Mongolic Races. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lizars after an illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith from his Natural History of the Human Species

Background imageChinese Collection: Chinese knotweed, Persicaria orientalis

Chinese knotweed, Persicaria orientalis
La Persicaire vulgaire de la Chine. Chinese knotweed, Persicaria orientalis. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Collection precieuse et enluminee des fleurs les plus belles et les plus

Background imageChinese Collection: Chinese rice mill with blindfolded mules turning

Chinese rice mill with blindfolded mules turning a millstone, Qing Dynasty. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon from Henri-Leonard-Jean-Baptiste Bertin

Background imageChinese Collection: Chinese toy seller and boys playing Jianzi, Qing Dynasty

Chinese toy seller and boys playing Jianzi, Qing Dynasty
Chinese itinerant toy seller and boys playing Jianzi by kicking a shuttlecock, Qing Dynasty. The toy man holds a bamboo stick with three small puppets

Background imageChinese Collection: Chinese artillery, QIng Dynasty

Chinese artillery, QIng Dynasty
Chinese artillery: cannon with narrow muzzle like a musket, Chinese style culverine and large-bore cannon on wheels. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon

Background imageChinese Collection: People playing Mahjong by swimming pool, USA

People playing Mahjong by swimming pool, USA
People playing the Chinese board game Mahjong (Mah Jong), by the swimming pool of the Ambassador Hotel, Atlantic City, USA, April 1924. 1924

Background imageChinese Collection: Chinese Orange Juice drink label from Singapore

Chinese Orange Juice drink label from Singapore
Peacock Trademark Chinese Orange Juice drink label from the National Aerated Water Company Ltd, Singapore. Fresh orange juice made from the best oranges from Gold Mountain using the best fruit pulp

Background imageChinese Collection: Asian Watson Orange Juice drink advertising poster

Asian Watson Orange Juice drink advertising poster with a bottle for freshly made orange juice, rich in vitamin D from the Williams Company General Agency

Background imageChinese Collection: The Empress Dowager Cixi (Tzu-Hsi)

The Empress Dowager Cixi (Tzu-Hsi)
L Dorado. The Empress Dowager Cixi (Tzu-Hsi) (1835-1908) causing trouble for a (representation of) the Chinese Emperor. Date: 1900



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"Exploring the Rich Tapestry of Chinese Culture: From Puccini's Turandot to Chairman Mao's Cultural Revolution Poster" Immerse yourself in the enchanting world of China, where ancient traditions blend harmoniously with modern influences. Just like Puccini's opera "Turandot, " which captivates audiences with its majestic melodies and mythical tales, China is a land that weaves together history and artistry. Step into a room adorned with Chinoiserie wallpaper J050121 or J050124, and feel transported to an era when intricate designs depicting vibrant landscapes and delicate blossoms were all the rage. These wallpapers pay homage to the beauty aesthetics, reflecting their timeless elegance. Intriguing deities such as Zao Jun, known as the Chinese kitchen god, watch over households ensuring good fortune and blessings upon those who honor him. Alongside Buddha, Laotzu, and Confucius - revered figures embodying wisdom and enlightenment - they form a spiritual tapestry that has shaped Chinese beliefs for centuries. Venture outdoors amidst nature's wonders; encounter the mesmerizing sight of a Ring-Necked Pheasant gracefully roaming through lush landscapes. Like Ma Yuan's masterpiece "Walking on a mountain path, " these scenes evoke tranquility while showcasing China's breathtaking scenery. The allure of prosperity beckons with Tsai Shen Yeh - The Chinese God of wealth. Revered by many seeking abundance in their lives, this deity embodies aspirations for success and financial well-being. Chinese Communist Propaganda Posters featuring Chairman Mao remind us of an era marked by ideological fervor during China’s recent history. They serve as powerful reminders of how political movements can shape nations' destinies while highlighting societal changes brought about by revolutionary ideals. Marvel at a golden statue portraying a reclining laughing Buddha covered in small Buddhas – an embodiment of joyousness found within oneself despite life’s challenges.