Chinese arrow punishment for insolence, 18th century

Chinese punishment for insolence to a superior, 18th century. The man is lashed with pantzee or bamboo stick and then pinned to a post by his ear with an arrow. A police officer holds a board painted with the crime, and a mandarin watches with tobacco pipe. The arrow punishment. Punition pour manque de respect. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by William Alexander from J-B. Eyries La Chine: Costumes, Moeurs et Usages des Chinois, - China: Costumes, Manners and Mores of the Chinese, Librairie de Gide Fils, Paris, 1822. Jean-Baptiste Eyries - (1767-1846) was a - French - geographer, author and translator

 china 1822 18th Century Bamboo French -  geographer Insolence J-b. Eyries Jean-baptiste Eyries La Chine Lash Librairie De Gide Fils Mandarin Manners And Mores Of The Chinese Moeurs Et Usages Des Chinois Notice Police Officer Superior Tobacco Pipe Translator William Alexander

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