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C1828
Coupang: Ile Timor. Chinoises Jouant au Tchonka.
Artist:
Jacques Etienne Victor Arago (1790 - 1855)
Fine French engraving depicting two Chinese-Timorese women playing ‘Chunca’, a count and capture board game common in Africa, Ceylon and the Philippines. From Louis-Claude de Freycinet’s Voyage Autour du Monde.
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Full Title:
Coupang: Ile Timor. Chinoises Jouant au Tchonka.
Date:
C1828
Artist:
Jacques Etienne Victor Arago (1790 - 1855)
Engraver:
Forget
Condition:
30mm repaired tear lower sheet edge well away from image, otherwise in good condition.
Technique:
Stipple engraving
Image Size:
320mm
x 235mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1828
Description:
Fine French engraving depicting two Chinese-Timorese women playing ‘Chunca’, a count and capture board game common in Africa, Ceylon and the Philippines.
From Louis-Claude de Freycinet’s Voyage Autour du Monde.
