Chinese musical instruments. Metal plaque 1, metal bowl on a pedestal 2, large drum Pan-cou on a dais 3, hollow wooden percussion Boug-gui 4, drum 5, metal percussion instrument 6, iron Hien-pan 7, Tam Tam, Kiag or Goug-lu 8, tambourine 9, metal gong 10,14, cymbals 11,12, and metal bells 13,15. Copied from illustrations by Antoine Cardon in Jean Baptiste Joseph Breton's La Chine en miniature, 1811. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Carl Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1815.

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Size: 5103px × 6636px
Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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