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[THE GOD OF THUNDER] (in colour) Frontispiece
From a Chinese picture in the John Rylands Library, Manchester
[POTTER’S WHEEL, SIMLA, INDIA] 16
From a sketch by J. Lockwood Kipling in the Victoria and Albert Museum
[A MODERN CHINESE JUNK ON THE CANTON RIVER] 24
[CHINESE DRAGON-BOAT FESTIVAL] 40
From a picture woven in coloured silks and gold thread in the Victoria and Albert Museum