Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Ru01-076. Photo from an album (UoB reference Ru01). No caption for this photograph in the album. Probably taken in Wei-hai-wei (Weihai).  Fortune teller or soothsayer.  N.B. intricate stonework in the wall behind the fortune teller's stall.

Estimated Date

1902

Tags

• wall
• clothing
• stone
• soothsayer
• fortune teller
• script
• calligraphy
• stool
• Ruxton
• divination
• fortune
• hexagram
• yin
• yang

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library, University of London

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