The costume of China / illustrated by sixty engravings: with explanations in English and French. By George Henry Mason.

  • Mason, George, 1735-1806.
Date:
1800
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The costume of China / illustrated by sixty engravings: with explanations in English and French. By George Henry Mason. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    „ PLATE LV. AN OLD MAN POLISHING CRYSTALS. In the northern parts of China there are mountains which afford a very fair fpecies of cryftal ; of this the Chinefe make buttons, feals, and alfo fpedtacles, powder of the fame being ufed in polifhing and in cutting them.