Period:Unknown Production date:1673
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Three Chinese idols; on the left, a kneeling figure with large belly, identified as the ‘Idol of voluptuousnes’; in the centre, a crowned figure, partly squatting, identified as ‘Kingang’; on the right, a sitting figure with large belly identified as ‘Niniso’ and the ‘Idol of Immortality’; at their feet, small figures worship; a stork, deer, and figures in the background; trees through a doorway in the distance; illustration to page 193 of Johannes Nieuhof, ‘An Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham, Emperor of China’, trans. John Ogilby, 2nd edition (London, 1673). Etching
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Materials:paper
Technique:etching
Dimensions:Height: 103 millimetres Width: 170 millimetres
Description:
Three Chinese idols; on the left, a kneeling figure with large belly, identified as the ‘Idol of voluptuousnes’; in the centre, a crowned figure, partly squatting, identified as ‘Kingang’; on the right, a sitting figure with large belly identified as ‘Niniso’ and the ‘Idol of Immortality’; at their feet, small figures worship; a stork, deer, and figures in the background; trees through a doorway in the distance; illustration to page 193 of Johannes Nieuhof, ‘An Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham, Emperor of China’, trans. John Ogilby, 2nd edition (London, 1673). Etching
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Comments:See comment for 1855,0512.225.+
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