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Another Chinese method of torture: Three Chinese men torture a prisoner by extracting a vein from his lower leg. Gouache painting on rice paper, c. 1850.

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Another Chinese method of torture: Three Chinese men torture a prisoner by extracting a vein from his lower leg. Gouache painting on rice paper, c. 1850.

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Another Chinese method of torture: A kneeling prisoner's fingers and wrists are tied together and attached to a pole carried by two men. Gouache painting on rice paper by a Chinese artist, c. 1850.

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Another Chinese method of torture: A kneeling prisoner's fingers and wrists are tied together and attached to a pole carried by two men. Gouache painting on rice paper by a Chinese artist, c. 1850.

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A Chinese method of execution: A prisoner is chopped in two by a man with a large blade. Gouache painting on rice paper, c. 1850.

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A Chinese method of execution: A prisoner is chopped in two by a man with a large blade. Gouache painting on rice paper, c. 1850.

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The Chinese method of execution by Lingchi, "slow slicing" or "death by a thousand cuts: A female prisoner tied to a cross is having small areas of her body sliced away by an executioner. Gouache painting on rice paper, c. 1850.

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The Chinese method of execution by Lingchi, "slow slicing" or "death by a thousand cuts: A female prisoner tied to a cross is having small areas of her body sliced away by an executioner. Gouache painting on rice paper, c. 1850.

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A Chinese painting of a prisoner being sliced into two by a large blade. Ca. 1850 CE, now part of the Wellcome collection in London

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A Chinese painting of a prisoner being sliced into two by a large blade. Ca. 1850 CE, now part of the Wellcome collection in London

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A painting by the Japanese artist Shibata Zeshin , depicting a singing frog. Lacquer on paper, Yamatane Museum of Art, Japan

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A painting by the Japanese artist Shibata Zeshin , depicting a singing frog. Lacquer on paper, Yamatane Museum of Art, Japan

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Folding fan depicting scenes from the history of ballooning, made from molded horn sticks and skin leaf painted with gouache, c. 1785. MFA Boston

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Folding fan depicting scenes from the history of ballooning, made from molded horn sticks and skin leaf painted with gouache, c. 1785. MFA Boston

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Pair of Chinese Lotus Shoes for the practice of foot binding, 19th century. Embroidered satin, wood, paper, 3 15/16 x 4 1/8 in.

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Pair of Chinese Lotus Shoes for the practice of foot binding, 19th century. Embroidered satin, wood, paper, 3 15/16 x 4 1/8 in.

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Two paintings depicting Hotei waking from a nap, and Hotei and a child, made by the Japanese monk Sengai Gibon . Hotei is one of the most popular figures in Zen and recognized as an incarnation of Maitreya, the future Buddha

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Two paintings depicting Hotei waking from a nap, and Hotei and a child, made by the Japanese monk Sengai Gibon . Hotei is one of the most popular figures in Zen and recognized as an incarnation of Maitreya, the future Buddha

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The Qabr Hiram mosaic is a Byzantine mosaic from the second half of the 6th century CE, excavated in 1861 from the Saint Christopher church in Lebanon. Now housed at the Louvre Museum in Paris

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The Qabr Hiram mosaic is a Byzantine mosaic from the second half of the 6th century CE, excavated in 1861 from the Saint Christopher church in Lebanon. Now housed at the Louvre Museum in Paris

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Roman fresco from Pompeii showing a painter making a portrait in the company of another woman.

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Roman fresco from Pompeii showing a painter making a portrait in the company of another woman.

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