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Exhibits from the Palace Museum's 'Design for the Forbidden City: Imperial Workshops of the Qing Court' exhibition is displaying on September 29 in Hong Kong. (Photo by Kobe Li/Nexpher Images)

Design for the Forbidden City: Imperial Workshops of the Qing Court

An exhibit of 'Mechanical potted scenes of mandarin ducks and blooming lotuses' from the Palace Museum's 'Design for the Forbidden City: Imperial Workshops of the Qing Court' exhibition is displaying on September 29 in Hong Kong.

An exhibit of 'Mechanical potted scenes of mandarin ducks and blooming lotuses' from the Palace Museum's 'Design for the Forbidden City: Imperial Workshops of the Qing Court' exhibition is displaying on September 29 in Hong Kong. (Photo by Kobe Li/Nexpher Images)

Miniature mountain (shan zi) with jade-mining scene from the Palace Museum's 'Design for the Forbidden City: Imperial Workshops of the Qing Court' exhibition is displaying on September 29 in Hong Kong.

Miniature mountain (shan zi) with jade-mining scene from the Palace Museum's 'Design for the Forbidden City: Imperial Workshops of the Qing Court' exhibition is displaying on September 29 in Hong Kong. (Photo by Kobe Li/Nexpher Images)

An exhibit from the Palace Museum's 'Design for the Forbidden City: Imperial Workshops of the Qing Court' exhibition is displaying on September 29 in Hong Kong.

An exhibit from the Palace Museum's 'Design for the Forbidden City: Imperial Workshops of the Qing Court' exhibition is displaying on September 29 in Hong Kong. (Photo by Kobe Li/Nexpher Images)

Teapot with an overhead handle from the Palace Museum's 'Design for the Forbidden City: Imperial Workshops of the Qing Court' exhibition is displaying on September 29 in Hong Kong.

Teapot with an overhead handle from the Palace Museum's 'Design for the Forbidden City: Imperial Workshops of the Qing Court' exhibition is displaying on September 29 in Hong Kong. (Photo by Kobe Li/Nexpher Images)

Black-lacquered teapot with decoration in gold tracing from the Palace Museum's 'Design for the Forbidden City: Imperial Workshops of the Qing Court' exhibition is displaying on September 29 in Hong Kong.

Black-lacquered teapot with decoration in gold tracing from the Palace Museum's 'Design for the Forbidden City: Imperial Workshops of the Qing Court' exhibition is displaying on September 29 in Hong Kong. (Photo by Kobe Li/Nexpher Images)

Peach-shaped box with dragons, clouds, waves, and “shou” (longevity) character from the Palace Museum's 'Design for the Forbidden City: Imperial Workshops of the Qing Court' exhibition is displaying on September 29 in Hong Kong.

Peach-shaped box with dragons, clouds, waves, and “shou” (longevity) character from the Palace Museum's 'Design for the Forbidden City: Imperial Workshops of the Qing Court' exhibition is displaying on September 29 in Hong Kong. (Photo by Kobe Li/Nexpher Images)

Seal impression with crouching dragon knob and Uninscribed square imperial seal with intertwined dragon knob from the Palace Museum's 'Design for the Forbidden City: Imperial Workshops of the Qing Court' exhibition is displaying on September 29 in Hong Kong.

Seal impression with crouching dragon knob and Uninscribed square imperial seal with intertwined dragon knob from the Palace Museum's 'Design for the Forbidden City: Imperial Workshops of the Qing Court' exhibition is displaying on September 29 in Hong Kong. (Photo by Kobe Li/Nexpher Images)

Deer Antler Chair from the Palace Museum's 'Design for the Forbidden City: Imperial Workshops of the Qing Court' exhibition is displaying on September 29 in Hong Kong.

Deer Antler Chair from the Palace Museum's 'Design for the Forbidden City: Imperial Workshops of the Qing Court' exhibition is displaying on September 29 in Hong Kong. (Photo by Kobe Li/Nexpher Images)

Gourd frame with painted glass lamp from the Palace Museum's 'Design for the Forbidden City: Imperial Workshops of the Qing Court' exhibition is displaying on September 29 in Hong Kong.

Gourd frame with painted glass lamp from the Palace Museum's 'Design for the Forbidden City: Imperial Workshops of the Qing Court' exhibition is displaying on September 29 in Hong Kong. (Photo by Kobe Li/Nexpher Images)

Exhibits from the Palace Museum's 'Design for the Forbidden City: Imperial Workshops of the Qing Court' exhibition is displaying on September 29 in Hong Kong.

Filled-in Lacquer Dish in the Shape of a Lotus Leaf with Vein Design from the Palace Museum's 'Design for the Forbidden City: Imperial Workshops of the Qing Court' exhibition is displaying on September 29 in Hong Kong.

Filled-in Lacquer Dish in the Shape of a Lotus Leaf with Vein Design from the Palace Museum's 'Design for the Forbidden City: Imperial Workshops of the Qing Court' exhibition is displaying on September 29 in Hong Kong. (Photo by Kobe Li/Nexpher Images)

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