According to registration records, this object was from 'the Summer Palace, Pekin', which refers to the imperial summer retreat Yuanmingyuan, located north of Beijing. Yuanming yuan was destroyed by British and French troops during the Second Opium War in 1860. Whether this object came from Yuanmingyuan is difficult to verify.
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According to registration records, this object was from 'the Summer Palace, Pekin', which refers to the imperial summer retreat Yuanmingyuan, located north of Beijing. Yuanming yuan was destroyed by British and French troops during the Second Opium War in 1860. Whether this object came from Yuanmingyuan is difficult to verify.