A Buddhist master (?) enthroned on an elephant, being presented with a sword-like object by a man and woman. Watercolour with gouache, China (?), 1750/1850?

Porcelain fruit containing couple engaged in sexual foreplay

Illustrations of China and its people : a series of two hundred photographs, with letterpress descriptive of the places and people represented / by J. Thomson, F.R.G.S.

A Chinese woman being subjected to torture while tied to a cross: the woman's torturer is shown using a knife to cut open her abdomen, arms and face, while a formally-dressed man looks on. Gouache painting on rice-paper, 18--?

Foot of a Chinese woman, showing the effect of foot-binding. Photograph by (?) E.P. Minett, 192-.

Chang, the great Fychow galop.

A Chinese man offering a small lizard on a chopstick to an English guest who is reluctant to eat it. Coloured lithograph by Smith after himself.

Two Chinese opium smokers in a booth watched by a woman who fans herself. Wood-engraving, late 19th century.

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1 print : line block and watercolour ; sheet 22.3 x 14.6 cm

A Chinese man displaying the symptoms of a malignant pustule on his finger. Coloured line block print by Chiang Yee, after a Chinese artist, 1920/1940?

A Chinese man displaying symptoms of anthrax of the thigh. Coloured line block print by Chiang Yee, after a Chinese artist, 1920/1940?

1 print : line block and watercolour ; sheet 21.9 x 14.6 cm

A Chinese man displaying symptoms of a mammary carbuncle on his chest. Coloured line block print by Chiang Yee, after a Chinese artist, 1920/1940?

Nourishment of life : the culture of health in traditional Chinese society / by Linda Chih-ling Koo.

<p>Shows one of the twelve systems of channels which run from the foot or hand through the major internal organs up to the throat, and which carry qi around the body. Each channel has a specifed number of acupuncture points symmetrically arranged on the left and right sides</p>

1 painting : watercolour ; image 30.2 x 23.6 cm

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A Chinese man displaying the symptoms of a malignant pustule on his finger. Coloured line block print by Chiang Yee, after a Chinese artist, 1920/1940?

A Chinese man displaying symptoms of anthrax of the thigh. Coloured line block print by Chiang Yee, after a Chinese artist, 1920/1940?

A Chinese man displaying symptoms of a mammary carbuncle on his chest. Coloured line block print by Chiang Yee, after a Chinese artist, 1920/1940?

Nourishment of life : the culture of health in traditional Chinese society / by Linda Chih-ling Koo.

Acupuncture chart with a series of points indicated on the figure of a standing Chinese man. Watercolour, China, 17--.

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Images

Works

A Chinese man displaying the symptoms of a malignant pustule on his finger. Coloured line block print by Chiang Yee, after a Chinese artist, 1920/1940?

A Chinese man displaying symptoms of anthrax of the thigh. Coloured line block print by Chiang Yee, after a Chinese artist, 1920/1940?

A Chinese man displaying symptoms of a mammary carbuncle on his chest. Coloured line block print by Chiang Yee, after a Chinese artist, 1920/1940?

Nourishment of life : the culture of health in traditional Chinese society / by Linda Chih-ling Koo.

Acupuncture chart with a series of points indicated on the figure of a standing Chinese man. Watercolour, China, 17--.

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