January Antiques & Decorative Arts
Lot 130: A Persian Anatomical Illustration, After Mansur Ibn Ilyas,...
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A Persian Anatomical Illustration, After Mansur Ibn Ilyas, Signed ‘Bakhsh’ – A hand-colored anatomical illustration on aged paper, executed after the style of the renowned 15th-century Persian physician Mansur Ibn Ilyas. This piece depicts a human figure in a seated posture, revealing internal organs, a vascular system, and a pregnant uterus containing a fetus. Numerous labels in Arabic/Persian script identify various body parts, including "Brain, " "Eye, " "Heart, " "Liver, " "Spleen, " "Stomach, " "Kidneys, " "Bladder, " "Uterus, " and "Fetus." An inscription in the lower right corner translates to "Authored by Bakhsh."
With frame: Approximately 32.5 x 27.5cm
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