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Sacrifice at the temple 'The figure on the right hand is anxiously watching the fall of tallies which he is shaling in a joint of bamboo and as they fall the characters are inserted by the priest in the book of fate. After the ceremony the priest (on the left) communicates to the votery the success of the prayers which has been determined by the lot.The figure kneeling before the sacred urn in which perfumed matches are burning is about to perform a sacrifice. Image taken from The Costume of China. Illustrated in forty-eight coloured engravings. Originally published/produced in William Miller: London 1805. 
Location British Library/London/Great Britain
Unique Identifier AR9114507 
Type Image 
Purpose Public 
Size 5106px × 3886px 
Photo Credit © British Library Board / Robana / Art Resource, NY 
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anxiously
Autumn
Bamboo
Book
Ceremony
COMMUNICATE
fate
FIGURE
Hand, Anatomy
inserted
JOINT
Looking
shaling
tallies