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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 20

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 20
painted yellow. b3 10 CHINA, ITS COSTUME, FEMALE MUSICIAN. Xhe ingenuity of this musician consistsin playing on a kind of chimes, formedby several gongs or copper basins. It may easily be conceived, from thePrint, that no very harmonious airs canbe executed in this way^ as the numberof the basins… … jlllri^d or/i^^« Twm-iOM. Ml? 1.2 € a J.H o J^So.JIfaijaig hyUS^. ARTS, AND MANUFACTURES. 1^1 MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. 1. The Hien-Pan, an instrument made of iron, which is played hy a stick, the end of whichis stuffed: it produces a dull and solemnsound. 2. A Vase of Bronze or other Metal, played in…

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