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| Brass Knocker on the door of Taojia Study, Yuanmingyuan Garden |
| Late Qing. During the Second Opium War, the British-French allied forces burnt down the Yuanmingyuan Garden (Garden of Perfect Splendor). This brass knocker was on the door of a study in Hualinlong Hall, Changchun Yard, in the Yuanmingyuan Garden. |