OLD STYLE MEDICINE IN PEKING
TWELVE EXPORT RICE PAPER PAINTINGS, LATE QING DYNASTY
£1,000
Auction: 18 September 2018 at 12:00 BST
Description
depicting 'Doctor feeling the pulse', 'Ointment', 'Vaccination', ' Medicine for frost bites', 'Medicine from Tibetan fruits', 'Medicine shop', 'Worm medicine', 'Stiller of eye medicine', 'Melting chicken claw ointment for use', 'Strong man medicine', 'Medicine for feet', 'Ointment made from snake skins', each painting captioned in Chinese and English, each framed and glazed (12)
Dimensions
16cm high, 15cm wide (sight)
Footnote
Provenance:
Private Scottish collection.
Note:
A similar set of paintings can be found in the collection of the National Library of Australia.