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I was checking the pictures I took in China and I came into this one.
It is of the roof details of a building in the Forbiden City. I crop out
of the picture unnecessary elements, but I left the picture very much
as it came out of the camera i its original JPG format.

It really is incredible at the amount of detail and quality that was crafted with just basic hand tools. It must have taken a long time to do!

Thanks for the comment. Yes, the Forbidden City was built by
master craftsmen, lots of them. It is not that old because
it appears the palace was destroyed by the English during the
Opium Wars in retaliation. Also, great treasures were taken by
the nationalist troops as they were retreating from the advancing
communist army - so you can only imagine how beautiful and
extravagant it must have been in its heydays.