Gallery›Wellcome Collection›A Ba-yanzi execution whereby the head of the victim is held in a contraption which on beheading will catapult the head in the air, leaving the rump tied to the ground. Coloured wood engraving after E.J. Glave and H. Ward.
A Ba-yanzi execution whereby the head of the victim is held in a contraption which on beheading will catapult the head in the air, leaving the rump tied to the ground. Coloured wood engraving after E.J. Glave and H. Ward.
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A Ba-yanzi execution whereby the head of the victim is held in a contraption which on beheading will catapult the head in the air, leaving the rump tied to the ground. Coloured wood engraving after E.J. Glave and H. Ward.

E.J. Glave

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Lettering: A Ba-yanzi execution

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