Bencao Gangmu -- C.16 Chinese materia medica, Shellfish

Two amas (women divers) on shore: one, who has just brought up a shellfish, holds a trowel in her teeth as she wrings out her skirt, while the other woman places the shellfish in a basket. Colour woodcut after Utamaro, 1900/1920 (?).

Fish, eels, shellfish and crustaceans (22 different varieties), lying dead on a table and in baskets. Etching, by G. Van der Gucht after P.A. Rysbrack, 1750/1770.

Two Japanese fishermen wading in the sea to collect shells. Watercolour, c.1860.

Advice on allergies : helpful information & advice on food & nutrition / Tesco Stores Ltd.

St. Kitts: six scenes. Engraving by H.A. Châtelain, 1732.

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