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Sepia photo of a bronze ring-shaped astronomical instrument with carved dragon supports, in front of a tiled-roof building with lattice windows.

Bronze astronomical instruments with dragons, Jesuit observatory, Beijing

A sepia photograph of large bronze astronomical instruments in a courtyard, with a ringed armillary-style frame and two dragon-shaped bronze supports twisting around it. Behind them stand a tiled-roof building with lattice windows, and a low brick wall runs across the foreground.

Artist
Unknown
Date
1860
Medium
Photographic prints
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 3100 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1860.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

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