Viper seller and stocking maker, Qing Dynasty
Viper seller and stocking maker sewing cloth stockings, Qing Dynasty. The viper seller carries a bucket of live vipers and a basket with a jar of medicinal snake broth. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon from Henri-Leonard-Jean-Baptiste Bertin and Jean Baptiste Joseph Breton's China, Its Costumes, Arts, Manufactures, etc. Howlett and Brimmer, London, 1824
Picture No
12484152
Media ID
46512042
Size
6875px x 4200px
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Credit
©Florilegius/Mary Evans
Source
Florilegius Collection





























