Visitors look at the equine-themed painting "Eight Gallant Horses" by Ignatius Sichelbarth, an 18th-century Jesuit missionary who worked for the court of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911 AD), during the preview of "Galloping Horses: An Exhibition of Nanjing Museum's Equine Relics Collection" at the Nanjing Museum in Nanjing, capital of East China's Jiangsu province, Jan 21, 2014. Featuring relics with equine shapes or patterns throughout history, the exhibition is held to mark the upcoming Year of the Horse, which falls on Jan 31, 2014. [Photo/Xinhua]

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