Picturesque representations of the dress and manners of the Chinese. Illustrated in fifty coloured engravings, with descriptions (1814)
Alexander, William, 1767-1816 · London, Printed for John Murray by W. Bulmer · leaf 35
of China, and this is the principal use towhich the large quantities of tin sent from this country isapplied. On the four-legged stool is the pot containingthe sticks of fate, and other paraphernalia belonging tothe temple, and behind it is the tripod in which incense issometimes burned. These… … ■A—PI-ATE 7. hifrd J,m*1.1.114. bv J, Murr.w. Mhrtiuirlt Strtri PLATE VII.A JUGGLER, PERFORMING TRICKS WITH JARS. This engraving exhibits a posture-master balancing twolarge China vases, and throwing himself into most ex-traordinary attitudes; he exhibited a variety of curiouspostures before the…
Clothing and dress
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