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Yang Collection

Background imageYang Collection: Good Luck Talisman

Good Luck Talisman
A Chinese talisman featuring the immortal Liu-Hai, used in families for protection and good luck : includes the ying and yang and the eight trigrams

Background imageYang Collection: Chinese musical instruments

Chinese musical instruments
A selection of Chinese musical instruments, including a bell(1), gong, (2), cymbals(4), a guqin or seven-stringed zither(7), a pipa or four-stringed lute (8), Yueqin or moon-shaped lute(11)

Background imageYang Collection: Yang Tse Kiang River, China

Yang Tse Kiang River, China

Background imageYang Collection: Barrenwort or bishops hat, Epimedium

Barrenwort or bishops hat, Epimedium alpinum, Epimede des alpes. Handcoloured steel engraving by Alphonse-Leon Noel after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A

Background imageYang Collection: Men pulling a boat through rapids, China, East Asia

Men pulling a boat through rapids, China, East Asia
Men pulling a boat by ropes through rapids on the Yangtze River, China. Date: 1922

Background imageYang Collection: FALL / PEKINGESE / 1925

FALL / PEKINGESE / 1925
CHAMPION TAI YANG OF NEWNHAM Owned by Cowell. Date: 1925

Background imageYang Collection: GOOD FORTUNE SYMBOLS

GOOD FORTUNE SYMBOLS
China The deity Kiang-tse-ya holds good fortune talismans - the Ying and Yang, and a group of symbols from the I-ching

Background imageYang Collection: China: Emperor Yang-Ti in ceremonial boat

China: Emperor Yang-Ti in ceremonial boat
Emperor Yang-Ti in a ceremonial vessel. Date: circa 600

Background imageYang Collection: Battle of Ping-Yang, 1894. Engraving

Battle of Ping-Yang, 1894. Engraving
First Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895). Battle of Ping-Yang (September 15, 1894). The Japanese take a Chinese position. Colored engraving

Background imageYang Collection: Battle of Ping-Yang, 1894. Engraving. Colored

Battle of Ping-Yang, 1894. Engraving. Colored
First Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895). Battle of Ping-Yang (September 15, 1894). The Japanese take a Chinese position. Engraving. Colored

Background imageYang Collection: Tuskless Elephant trained in Myanmar

Tuskless Elephant trained in Myanmar
Tuskless Elephant (Hind) trained in Myanmar by the Karens. The Karen (Kayin, Kariang or Yang people) reside primarily in Karen State in southern and southeastern Myanmar

Background imageYang Collection: China - Little Orphan Island, Yang tse Kiang

China - Little Orphan Island, Yang tse Kiang
Lantern slide of Little Orphan Island, Yang tse Kiang. (Southern China and its People). Part of Box 159 Pekin, slide no. 35 Date: circa 1890s

Background imageYang Collection: China - graves alongside a waterway

China - graves alongside a waterway - note the delightful tiled roof and the yin yang symbol at one end. Date: circa 1910

Background imageYang Collection: South Korea - Children making a Ying Yang design Kite

South Korea - Children making a Ying Yang design Kite Date: circa 1910s

Background imageYang Collection: Five Pavilion Bridge - Slender West Lake, Yangzhou, China

Five Pavilion Bridge - Slender West Lake, Yangzhou, China. Date: circa 1906

Background imageYang Collection: Train in China 1886

Train in China 1886
The first French railway in China, a Decauville line from Tientsin to Tsching-Yang, is admired by the Chinese authorities

Background imageYang Collection: H Dore / Ying and Yang

H Dore / Ying and Yang
Pa-koa symbol incorporating the Ying and Yang

Background imageYang Collection: Chinese Sun-God

Chinese Sun-God
TAI-YANG-KING, the Chinese God of the Sun

Background imageYang Collection: Chinese Vessel Circa 600

Chinese Vessel Circa 600
Emperor Yang-Ti in a ceremonial vessel


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