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Courtiers of the king at Pegu

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Courtiers of the king at Pegu

Anoniem / Anonymous

A tableau showing an elephant under a canopy preceded by piping musicians. To the left an elephant behind a circular trough while back left an elephant kneels before a figure with crown and staff seated beneath a canopy. In the background a walled city.

According to the index of 'Begin ende Voortgang' the illustration is entitled: Des Conincks van pegu prachtigh hoff houden.

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Sources and literature

Commelin, Isaac, Begin ende Voortgangh / van de Vereenighde Nederlandsche Geoctroyeerde Oost-Indische Compagnie: Vervatende De Voornaemste Reysen / by de Inwoonderen derselver Provincien derwaerts gedaen. (1646)