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                          Samples from the Audio Tour:
                    
 
Admission to Power and Glory: Court Arts of China's Ming Dynasty includes an iPod multimedia tour for visitors 12 and older. Use the audio interface above to hear samples from the Power and Glory audio tour. The free browser plug-in, Flash Player, is required to listen to the audio clips. If you do not already have this plug-in, you can click here to download it for free.

 
Referenced works of art:
The following objects are referenced in the audio tour samples on this page.
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PICTURED WORKS OF ART
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Ornament depicting a lotus pond; green nephrite on a gold mount; 2 3/4 x 2 1/8 inches; Nanjing Municipal Museum

Portrait of Prince Zhu Youyuan in Ceremonial Uniform, 1521–1524; Jiajing period (1522–1566); hanging scroll, colors on silk; 94 x 44 1/2 inches; Palace Museum, Beijing

Segment of an arched gate (Lion), c.1412–1431; Yongle (1403–1424) and Xuande (1426–1435) period; from the site of Bao'ensi, outside the Central Chinese Gate, Nanjing; earthenware with low-fired polychrome glazes; 17 x 19 x 16 1/2 inches; Nanjing Municipal Museum

Covered jar with fish in a lotus pond; Jiajing period (1522–1566); Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province; porcelain with underglaze cobalt and overglaze polychrome decoration; 19 1/2 x 15 3/4 inches; Asian Art Museum, The Avery Brundage Collection B60P78+; Photographed by Kaz Tsuruta
 
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