An anatomical mannequin, carved out of ivory, depicting a reclining female with long hair and a cloth about her loins. The torso of the mannequin is held in place by two pins, but is removable. Beneath the lid is a removable heart and fetus—the latter
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D. and Yale University. School of Medicine.
"A young woman plays the piano (right) with painful intentness, and sings, as does the man who holds open her music-book, inscribed 'On Rosy Bed by Tinckling Billy'. A middle-aged military officer stands full face playing the flute. A fat elderly 'cit' sleeps in an arm-chair (left); his wig has fallen off and his legs rest on another chair. Behind him a very obese man and an ugly and over-dressed woman with a grotesquely thin neck sing from the same piece of music: 'On Rosy Bed'. He warms his back at a blazing fire; the feathers in her hair are alight in one of the candles on the chimney-piece. A small boy blows a toy trumpet, a dog howls and a cat miaows, standing on an open music-book inscribed 'Water Part ....' Chinese figures on the chimney-piece and the lintel of the door represent comic musicians playing different instruments."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Delights of harmony
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
A nude female figure carved in ivory. Originally used as a device for Chinese male physicians to learn about a female's medical issue without the patient indicating as such on her own body.
Subject (Geographic):
China
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D. and Yale University. School of Medicine.
A nude female figure carved in ivory. Originally used as a device for Chinese male physicians to learn about a female's medical issue without the patient indicating as such on her own body.
Subject (Geographic):
China
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D. and Yale University. School of Medicine.
A nude female figure carved in ivory. Originally used as a device for Chinese male physicians to learn about a female's medical issue without the patient indicating as such on her own body.
Subject (Geographic):
China
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D. and Yale University. School of Medicine.