JAK-293

Antique Print of the Procession at a Chinese wedding (c.1740)

  • Condition: Fair/good, age-related toning. Original folding lines, some wear. Blank verso, please study image carefully.
  • Date: c.1740
  • Overall size: 24 x 19 cm.
  • Image size: 21 x 17 cm.
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.. Antique Print of the Procession at a Chinese wedding (c.1740)

Description: Antique print titled 'The Procession of a Chinese Wedding when ye Bride is brought home to her Husband'. Copper engraving of the procession at a Chinese wedding to bring the bride to her husband's house, attended by musicians, bearers with gifts, incense burners, horsemen and servants, the bride carried in a closed litter by numerous bearers, a Chinese landscape beyond, the procession winding over a bridge and underneath a rough rock archway, the door of the husband's house to the right. Source unknown, to be determined. 

Artists and Engravers: Anonymous. Most likely made after Du Halde.