Chinese funeral procession. The convoy includes standard bearers, musicians playing horn, erhu and drum, mourners and priests. The body is carried by eight porters on a large decorated litter or palanquin. Convoi chinois. Copperplate engraving by J. J. Avril after an illustration by Pierre Sonnerat from his Voyage aux Indes Orientales et à la Chine (Voyage to the East Indies and China, Dentu, Paris, 1806.

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