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Jurisprudence, torture and punishment in medieval China, Lingchi torture method, death by a thousand cuts. The convicted person was tied to a wooden frame while the executioner or an assistant kneeled in front of it to prepare or carry out the sentence, authentic, digitally restored reproduction from an 18th century original, exact date of depiction unknown, historical

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Photo12/imageBROKER/Sunny Celeste

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BRK26B05_067

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28,6Mb (425,1Kb) / 13,3in x 8,4in / 3984 x 2508 (300dpi)

Keywords

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