Humility Brings Prosperity gate, 1858, 196 7/8 × 118 1/8 × 133 7/8 in. (500 × 300 × 340 cm), Yu and pine woods, stone, earthenware tiles, pigments, mortar, China, 19th century, This imposing gate once formed the entrance to the main courtyard of an urban middle-class family compound. The four-character panel over the doorway reads, Humility Brings Prosperity (Lüqian Jianfeng 履謙漸豐). The gate demonstrates the hallmarks of traditional Chinese architecture: a post-and-lintel structure that supports a graceful gable roof and intricate rafters, as well as brackets that extend the eaves

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