Medical - Blue Beryl
(item no. 956)

Tibet

1800 - 1899

Gelug Lineage

41.91x57.15cm (16.50x22.50in)

Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton

Collection of Rubin Museum of Art

(acc.# P2000.3.7)

 


Blue Beryl (Tibetan: vai dur ya ngon po) Medical Painting #49, 85th chapter, depicting the main organs and structures of the trunk of the body. The original set of paintings was conceived and commisioned by the regent of Tibet, Sanggye Gyatso 1653-1705 (biographical details and textual reference).

Jeff Watt 11-2000


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Thematic Set
Subject: Himalayan Medicine
Collection of Rubin Museum of Art: Painting Gallery IX
Painting Type: Charts, Blue Beryl (Misc. Paintings)
1800 - 1899 (19th Century) Part II



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