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Women drawing out silk threads (left) and beating silk fibers in a trough with flails. Detail from Court Ladies Preparing Newly-woven Silk, a painted silk handscroll attributed to Emperor Hui Tsung, Sung Dynasty, early 12th century, after a work by a T'ang Dynasty artist of the 8th century

CHINA: SILK MANUFACTURE.
Women drawing out silk threads (left) and beating silk fibers in a trough with flails. Detail from Court Ladies Preparing Newly-woven Silk, a painted silk handscroll attributed to Emperor Hui Tsung, Sung Dynasty, early 12th century, after a work by a T'ang Dynasty artist of the 8th century

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Shen Tsung, Northern Sung emperor of China (1067-1085), looking at a painting (upper right) ordered by one of his ministers that depicted the sufferings of his people during a famine, including the continued payment of tribute to mandarins (lower left). Painted silk scroll by an unidentified artist, probably Sung or Ming Dynasty

CHINA: EMPEROR AND FAMINE.
Shen Tsung, Northern Sung emperor of China (1067-1085), looking at a painting (upper right) ordered by one of his ministers that depicted the sufferings of his people during a famine, including the continued payment of tribute to mandarins (lower left). Painted silk scroll by an unidentified artist, probably Sung or Ming Dynasty

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A battle during the Sino Japanese War between Chinese soldiers and Japanese General Major Odera in a snowstorm at Weihaiwei Bay, resulting in Oderas death. Right panel of a triptych, color woodcut by Kokunimasa Utagawa, c1895

SINO JAPANESE WAR, c1895.
A battle during the Sino Japanese War between Chinese soldiers and Japanese General Major Odera in a snowstorm at Weihaiwei Bay, resulting in Odera's death. Right panel of a triptych, color woodcut by Kokunimasa Utagawa, c1895

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