painting

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Object Type
Museum number: 1934,1013,0.1
Description: Painting; two doctors administering medicine to a patient, from the Arabic translation of Materia Medica. Two lines of text appear on top of image while four below. Opaque watercolour and ink on paper.
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Cultures/periods
Production date: 1224 (AH 621)
Production place: Made in: Iran; Made in: Baghdad (from curator's comment)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 13 centimetres (Image); Height: 32.80 centimetres (sheet); Width: 17.20 centimetres (Image); Width: 24.30 centimetres (sheet)
Bibliographic references: Canby 2009 / Shah 'Abbas: The Remaking of Iran (97, p.204); Akbarnia et al 2018 / The Islamic World: a History in Objects (p.238, fig.1)
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: Exhibited: 2009 19 Feb-14 Jun, BM, Round Reading Room, 'Shah 'Abbas: The Remaking of Iran'
Subjects: patient; medicine/health; doctor
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Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1934
Department: Middle East
Registration number: 1934,1013,0.1
Conservation: Treatment: 24 Apr 2009; Treatment: 12 Nov 2008; Remount and inlay: 13 Aug 2018; Treatment: 19 Jul 2018

Free entry