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In addition to works of art, a large proportion of the museum's collection consists of the artifacts of the imperial court. This includes items used by the imperial family and the palace in daily life, as well as various ceremonial and bureaucratic items important to government administration. This
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dynasties, as well as pieces commissioned by the palace, and, sometimes, by the emperor personally. This collection is notable because it derives from the imperial collection, and thus represents the best of porcelain production in China; other large collections are in the
National Palace Museum in
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Constructed from 1406 to 1420, the museum consists of 980 buildings. It is home to over 1.8 million pieces of art, mostly from the imperial collection of the Ming and Qing dynasties. The 20th century saw its expansion through new acquisitions, transfers from other museums, and new archaeological
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Built from 1406 to 1420, the complex consists of 980 surviving buildings with 8,707 bays of rooms and covers 720,000 square metres (7,800,000 sq ft). The palace complex exemplifies traditional
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Today, there are over a million rare and valuable works of art in the permanent collection of the Palace Museum, including paintings, ceramics, seals, steles, sculptures, inscribed wares, bronze wares, enamel objects, etc. The collections of the Palace Museum are based on the Qing imperial
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imperial collection. According to the results of a 1925 audit, some 1.17 million pieces of art were stored in the
Forbidden City. In addition, the imperial libraries housed countless rare books and historical documents, including government documents of the Ming and Qing dynasties.
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The Palace Museum has one of the largest collections of mechanical timepieces of the 18th and 19th centuries in the world, with more than 1,000 pieces. The collection contains both
Chinese- and foreign-made pieces. Chinese pieces came from the palace's own workshops,
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collection. According to the results of a 1925 audit, some 1.17 million pieces of art were stored in the
Forbidden City. From 1933, the threat of Japanese invasion forced the evacuation of the most important parts of the museum's collection. After the end of
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2112:"Turandot at the Forbidden City, Beijing 1998"
1519:(in Chinese). Beijing: Zhonghua Book Company.
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2325:Belvedere of Spreading Righteousness
1929:"Collection highlights – Timepieces"
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1055:Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Lab
2689:China Science and Technology Museum
2164:"Jean Michel Jarre lights up China"
1826:"Collection highlights – Paintings"
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1743:"Forbidden City in Beijing, China"
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2463:Palace of Prolonging Happiness
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