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Ming arch gate
Segment of an arch gate
approx. 1412-1431. Reigns of the Yongle (1403-1424) and Xuande (1426-1435) emperors
Earthenware with low-fired polychrome glazes
From the site of the Bao’ensi, outside the Central Chinese Gate, Nanjing
Nanjing Municipal Museum


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