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Jade Mountain Illustrating the Gathering of Scholars at the Lanting Pavilion, 1790. The Qing dynasty emperor Qianlong (r. 1736–95) commissioned this jade boulder, apparently the largest piece of historic carved jade outside of China. Creative Commons Public Domain 1.0.
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