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Louis XIV Receiving the Siamese Ambassadors
Jean Mauger French
Not on view
This silver medal, which shows the Siamese embassy’s formal audience in the Hall of Mirrors, was struck to commemorate—and publicize—the event. Each ambassador received a gift afterward from the king. The monetary value correlated to each man’s rank: a diamond-mounted boîte à portrait for the lead ambassador (Kosa Pan), and gold medals on chains—possibly of this design—for the second and third ambassadors.
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