Drawing by william alexander, draughtsman of the macartney embassy to china in 1793. Chinese gamblers with fighting quails. The figure smoking a pipe, holds in his hand some chinese money threaded on a string; the man with a feather behind his cap is betting with him. Image taken from the costume of china, illustrated in forty-eight coloured engravings, published in london in 1805. Date: circa 1800.
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