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The arteries of the human body with a foetus in the womb. Watercolour by a Persian artist.
- Date:
- [between 1800 and 1899?]
- Reference:
- 582965i
- Part of:
- Alexandrian series.
- Pictures
Selected images from this work
About this work
Description
Diagram comparable to the "six picture series" or "Alexandrian series" pasted or bound in Persian manuscripts of the "Zakhīrah-i Khvārazm’Shāhī" ("Treasure of Khvārazm’Shāhī") written by al-Jurjani (Ismā‘īl ibn Muḥammad al-Ḥusayn Jurjānī) ca. 1110 AD, and the "Tashrīḥ-i Mansur-i" ("Anatomy of Mansur" written by Manṣūr ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Yūsuf Ibn Ilyā, ca. 1390 AD
Publication/Creation
[Iran], [between 1800 and 1899?]
Physical description
1 painting : watercolour, with pen and ink ; image 31.3 x 21.7 cm
Series
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 582965i
Exhibitions note
Exhibited in “Ayurvedic Man: Encounters with Indian medicine” at Wellcome Collection, 16 November 2017 – 8 April 2018
Type/Technique
Subjects
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores