Asian Religious Ceremonies by Picard (1710)
Another Representation of Chekia
Baptism by the Fire of the Gaures
Buth, he is a furious young man who kills
Charlatans who are busy selling hot air to China
Chin-Hoan, Patron God of China. Deity that the Dutch Ambassadors call Lincing in their relations.
First Wedding Ceremony of the people of Java
Funeral Convoy in China
Han, King of the Tartars. Trophies, raised on the highest mountains, which llamas will adore for the preservation of men and dogs.
Idol Chekia
Idol which the Chinese call the God of Immortality, and which they say presides over thier Fortune. Fo-Tek, the guardian spirit whom is also called Chin-Hoan.
Japanese Funeral Ceremony
Japanese Preacher
Japanese Wedding Ceremony
Japan Temple where there are 1,000 Idols
Llamas, Tartar Priests
Magicians and Sorcerers of China
Mandeans Devotes of China and Charlatans who walk around with tame tigers.
Manipa Idol, or divinity of Lassa, to whom are offered those whom Buth has killed.
Marriage of the Kaffris
Matzou
Mendicant Priests of China, Punishment of an Immodest Priest, and Punishment of Another for Abandoning Monastic Life
Other Magicians and Sorcerors
Parsi Funeral
Parsi or Gaurian Wedding Ceremony
Parsis or Dying Guebre, whose soul is received by a dog
Quantecong, Chinese Diety whom the Chinese say was thier first Emperor
Quonin, Chinese Domestic Deity
Religious Honors that the Kaffris pay to a cockroach
Religious Honors that the Kaffris pay to the Moon
Second Wedding Ceremony of the people of Java, the Groom leads the Bride to his home
The Divinity that the Sinhalese give Wisdom and Health
The Feast of Souls. Towards evening, the Japanese will receive them outside the city and offer them food
The Guardian God of the island of Ceylon
The image of Confucius. The Amida of the Sapennois, this figure is placed relative to the divinities of the Chinese.
The manner in which they escort the souls out of the city, take leave on the third evening.
The Monkey Pagoda
The Supreme Deity who created the whole according to the Japanese. Xaca, another Deity of Japan
Toranga, a Japanese Deity. The Toranga Pagoda
Vitek or Ninifo