Caption

Jurisprudence, torture and punishment in medieval China, this image is a Chinese Pith paper painting presumably depicting Chinese prisoners bearing heavy burdens. The men carry the loads of poles that balance on their shoulders, authentic, digitally restored reproduction from an 18th century model, exact date of depiction unknown, historical

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Sunny Celeste

Reference

BRK26B05_076

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No

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

34,4Mb (731,7Kb) / 14,4in x 9,3in / 4332 x 2778 (300dpi)

Keywords

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