Book Title: Histoire générale des cérémonies, moeurs, et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde / représentées en 243. figures dessinées de la main de Bernard Picard, avec des explications historiques, & curieuses par M. l'abbé Banier, & par M. l'Abb'e le Mascrier.

Author: Banier, M. l'abbé (Antoine), 1673-1741

Image Title: Chinese Deities

Description: Depictions of Chinese idols. Clockwise from top left: Fo-tek or Ninifo and Kin-Gan, a guardian spirit whom the Jesuits call Chin-Hoan; the God of Immortality, whom some Chinese believe governs their fortune; another depiction of the guardian spirit Chin-Hoan, and the deity the Dutch ambassadors call Lincing.

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