12 Animals of the Chinese Zodiac (Illustration)

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by Metropolitan Museum of Art
published on 24 January 2019

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12 Animals of the Chinese Zodiac — Jade figurines representing the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac. 18th century CE, Qing Dynasty. Height: c. 5.7 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

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© Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY. Republished for educational/scholarly use under the museum's Open Access for Scholarly Content initiative. Original image by Metropolitan Museum of Art. Uploaded by Mark Cartwright, published on 24 January 2019 under the following license: Copyright. You cannot use, copy, distribute, or modify this item without explicit permission from the author. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.

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