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Slideshow: Treasures from the Forbidden City

The Emperor's Private Paradise at the Peabody Essex Museum, now through January 9, 2011
By PHOENIX STAFF  |  September 22, 2010

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Throne with foot stool (detail) | Copyright the Palace Museum, Beijing

READ:An Emperor's heaven on earth. By Greg Cook.  

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