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Viscera of a human figure crouching over a hen (?). Watercolour drawing by a Persian artist.
- Date
- [between 1800 and 1899?]
- Reference
- 582977i
- 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 24.9 x 16.1 cm
Series
Lettering note
Lettering in Persian on verso
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 582977i
Type/Technique
Languages
- Persian
Subjects
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores