M0009759: Porcelain figure of Shen Nung (Shennong) / M0009760: Drawing of Fu Hsi (Fuxi) writing the Pa Kua / M0009761: Shen Nung (Shennong) testing drugs

Previous title, replaced February 2021: Shen Nung testing drugs.

Three images on one negative: reproductions of a photograph of a statue and two drawings, all published in Wong, K. Chi-min: History of Chinese medicine : being a chronicle of medical happenings in China from ancient times to the present period, Tientsin, China : Tientsin Press, Ltd., [1932]. The original drawing is held by the museum at the Drum Tower of Xi'an, China. Related images: M0009843.

04 December 1946

3 photographs on 1 plate glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the publication depicted in the glass plate negative

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2021.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.