Period:Unknown Production date:1665 (?)
Materials:paper
Technique:engraving
Subjects:prisoner emperor/empress
Dimensions:Height: 270 millimetres Width: 180 millimetres
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Title-page to Johannes Nieuhof’s ‘Beschryving van ‘t Gesandschap der Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie aan den grooten Tartarischen Cham nu Keyser van China’ (‘An Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperor of China’ (Amsterdam: 1665 ?), showing The Emperor of China seated to front on a throne, his left hand resting on a globe lettered with ‘China’, surrounded by armed warriors; three prisoners in chains in foreground, a fourth lying with his head in a wooden stock. Engraving
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![图片[1]-print; title-page BM-1895-1031.773-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Unknown/43/mid_ppa456847.jpg)
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Materials:paper
Technique:engraving
Subjects:prisoner emperor/empress
Dimensions:Height: 270 millimetres Width: 180 millimetres
Description:
Title-page to Johannes Nieuhof’s ‘Beschryving van ‘t Gesandschap der Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie aan den grooten Tartarischen Cham nu Keyser van China’ (‘An Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperor of China’ (Amsterdam: 1665 ?), showing The Emperor of China seated to front on a throne, his left hand resting on a globe lettered with ‘China’, surrounded by armed warriors; three prisoners in chains in foreground, a fourth lying with his head in a wooden stock. Engraving
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