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China, its costume, arts, manufactures, &c. : edited principally from the originals in the cabinet of the late M. Bertin, with observations explanatory, historical, and literary (1812)

Breton, M. (Jean Baptiste Joseph), Bertin, Henri-Léonard-Jean-Baptiste, 1719-1792, Freschi, Andrea, b. 1774 · London : Printed for J.J. Stockdale ... · leaf 164

An illustration from China, its costume, arts, manufactures, &c. : edited principally from the originals in the cabinet of the late M. Bertin, with observations explanatory, historical, and literary, 1812, leaf 164
ng their arm, above thewrist, a china jar, which seems to followthe impulse given to it spontaneously,while the exhibitor throws himself intoa variety of attitudes, M. Huttner, who was attached to theBritish embassy, thus describes one ofthose antics and balances : One man laid on liis back on… … •^ A r/t/ J- iiti 1 W^s^iia.ss^&ArErTOMAT-QWo T©saT©is2a.ik2-3 34,. fitl!3o:.ir<fi/8i2. fiyl/SrvLia/afe, j/PallMait ARTS, AND MANUFACTURES. 125 made it turn round with astonishing ve-locity. A child then got upon it, andexecuted various singular postures; heslid into the vase, and came out…

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