The birth of Rustam. Gouache painting.
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- Reference:
- 726949i
- Pictures
About this work
Description
Episode in the Shahnameh of Firdausi. Rudabah gives birth to Rustam by caesarian section. Above left, the Simurgh, the fabulous bird which had recommended caesarian section to save the life of the mother and child
Publication/Creation
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Physical description
1 painting : gouache ; image 20.5 x 12 cm, sheet 30.2 x 19.7 cm
Related material
Select images of this work were taken by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum: WT/D/1/20/1/2/57
Lettering
Lettering in panels at top and bottom of painting and on verso. Floral and foliate patterns in outer borders
Notes
With: a verso page of text to which the present sheet is a virtual recto page
Exhibitions note
Exhibited in "Ayurvedic Man: Encounters with Indian medicine" at Wellcome Collection, 16 November 2017 - 8 April 2018
Reference
Wellcome Collection 726949i
Holdings
- two sheets
Where to find it
sheet containing page of painting facing page of text
Location Status Access Closed storessheet containing page of text facing page of painting
Location Status Access Closed stores