The Ch'ing Dynasty: from Forbidden City to Glorious Revolution

Likely the oldest organized culture on earth, China’s ancient imperial history came to an end due to the combined interference of European powers and the ineptitude and senility of its last dynastic rulers, the Ch’ing. It is remarkable how China’s power and vitality has been reborn once again through bloody revolution. Perhaps China is now on its way to building a new imperial future. The China Figures are currently in the collections of the Museum of Ventura County, and the artist

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Banner Man, Boxer, Hung Hsiu Ch’uan, Taiping Emperor, Taiping Rebellion, Kang Hsu Emperor, Nurhachi, Chinese Peasant, Tao Kuang, Baron Jung-Lu, Chen-Fei, Pearl Concubine, Chiang Kai-Shek, Chien Lung Emperor, Hsien-Feng Emperor, Hsuan Tung Emperor, Pu Yi, K'ang Yu-Wei, Kuang-Hsu Emperor, Li Hung-Chang, Li Lien Ying, Prince Kung, Prince Tuan, Soong Mai-Ling, Sun Yat-Sen, Tung Chih Emperor, Tzu His, Empress Dowager, Tzu-An Empress, Yuan Shih-Kai, Mao Zedong.