Shen Nung: Japanese netsuke of carved ivory.

Japan: a curio shop selling traditional Japanese products like lacquer-ware, carved ivory and bamboo work; interior. Coloured photograph by Felice Beato, ca. 1868.

Three wood blindmen astradled on a tree trunk. The hindmost man has a Biwa strapped t his back. From Doctor Gunther's collection of Netsuke.

Japanese anatomical figure, ivory.

Macao, China: the ruins of St Paul's church. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870.

Electricity: condenser jars, an electro-static generator, and a vase with flowers. Gouache painting.

Japanese model figures: doctor and patient

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