Men playing dice

The Costume of China. Illustrated in forty-eight c Author: Alexander, William / William Miller: London, 1805 Language: English Source/Shelfmark: 455.e.9, plate 18 A group of Chinese workers gambling with dice. The figure standing, holding an agricutural tool, is a husbandman; the man in the foreground,wearing a black cap, is a waterman, with his gong which was used to inform trackers to desist hauling the vessel. Image taken from The Costume of China. Illustrated in forty-eight coloured engravings. Originally published/produced in William Miller: London, 1805.