At the Eastern Palace Gate to the Summer Palace stands a pair of bronze lions dating back to the 18th Century. This is the female of the pair
The current Imperial Summer Palace, Yiheyuan, was built after the Old Summer Palace, Yuanmingyuan, had been looted and burnt by Anglo French forces during the Second Opium War. Many looted items are now said to be in British and other European art collections.
Near Beijing, December 2017
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