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A foot doctor at work: the male patient is seated on a bench and smoking a pipe. Watercolour by Zhou Pei Qun, ca. 1890.
- Zhou, Pei Qun, active approximately 1890.
- Date:
- 1890
- Reference:
- 571506i
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Description
A practitioner of foot care and reflexology, a pressure massage applied to different parts of the foot that correspond with different parts of the anatomy
Publication/Creation
1890
Physical description
1 painting : watercolour ; sheet 25 x 34.5 cm
Contributors
Reference
Wellcome Collection 571506i
Lettering note
Extensive lettering in Chinese
Lettering pencilled above image: This is the picture of a Chinese chiropodist. Every day he carries a bamboo stool. He is called Teie(?) Chun Tso (one who sits in the presence of an emperor)
Bears number pencilled in upper right hand corner: 32
Type/Technique
Languages
- Chinese
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Location Status Access Closed stores