Explore ceremonial objects and items relating to medical treatment and self-care from China, India, Tibet, Japan and other countries in the Middle East and Asia.
Asian Medicine
1681
Wooden acupuncture model, Japan, 1681
1801-1900
Steel tiger claw baghnakh with curved knife blade, Indian, 1801-1900
Raffia hanging loop, for large wooden sign, painted with a demons face, hung outside house to keep away evil spirits, China, 1801-1900
1771-1860
Painted wooden face mask, yellow with polychrome detail, representing Deva Sanniya, demon associated with epidemic diseases, inscription inside associates it with smallpox, Sinhalese, Sri Lanka, 1771-1860
1880-1925
Kareau figure of carved and painted wood, anthropomorphic, representing standing male with wings and European clothes, from Nicobar Islands, Bay of Bengal, 1880-1925
1800-1920
Boxwood human torso showing internal organs, Japan, 1800-1920
1701-1800
Cash sword, made up of coins, used to protect a new born baby from harmful spirits, Chinese, 1701-1800
1701-1900
Wooden netsuke in the form of a seated man grinding with a mortar and pestle, Japanese, 1701-1900
1981-1990
Neuro-Softer W-4, low frequency transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulator (TENS) for direct application of current via acupuncture needles, manufactured in Japan, 1980-1990, from the surgery of a British practitioner c.1996.
Ivory anatomical figure showing the Qi channels, Japanese, 1800-1920
1980-1990
Single phase electronic induction motor, by Hitachi, Tokyo, for Dry Cupping Vacuum Therapy, with twenty glass cupping vessels of various grades, from the surgery of a British practitioner c.1996, unsigned, Japanese, 1980-1990.
1771-1910
Carved wooden sanni mask, polychrome, worn in tovil dance to exorcise disease demon, possibly representing Amukku Sanniya, demon associated with vomiting and stomach diseases, Sinhalese, Sri Lanka, 1771-1910
Boxwood carved statue, in the form of a skeleton and a demon playing a musical instrument, depicting the dance of death, probably Japanese
Metal statue of White Tara with Buddhisattva (bodhisattva) crown, representing wisdom and divine purity, Nepalase or Tibetan, 1801-1900
Ivory netsuke, in the form of a skeleton, perhaps representing death, strangling a man, Japanese, 1701-1900
Ivory figure in the form of a man massaging the back of another man who is reading, signed, Japan, 1700s or 1800s
Wooden model gandau of male figure in painted headdress riding a horse, north west Pakistan, 1801-1900
Wooden model gandau of seated female figure in horned headdress, North West Pakistan, 1801-1900
Carved and polychrome painted wooden face mask, representing Hevaya, the soldier from the kolam play, his face covered with sores and leeches, Sinhalese, Sri Lanka, 1771-1860
1870-1910
Pair of shoes with low heel and pointed toe, silk uppers, embroidered in silk thread over paper, worn by Chinese lady with bound feet Chinese, 1870-1910
1871-1900
Ivory figure, depicting a doctor feeling the pulse of a woman patient, signed Chikaaki, Japan, late 1800s
Wooden statue depicting 'Shou-hsing' god of longevity, Chinese
Wooden disease mask, in the form of a human face, worn during Sanni Yakuma exorcism ritual to banish demons associated with disease, Sinhalese, Sri Lanka
1801-1930
Double-ended brass spoon, Indian, 1801-1930
1750-1800
Wooden figure showing moxibustion, signed Miwa with Kakihan, Japan, late 1700s
Ivory netsuke, in the form of a skeleton holding a fan and accompanied by an animal, possibly a badger, Japanese.
1771-1800
Wooden netsuke, depicting a man with a moxa on his leg, from the Nagoya school, signed Tametaka, Japanese, 1771-1800
1831-1870
Enema syringe, steel, India, 1800s
Ivory netsuke, in the form of a skeleton leaning on a corn stalk with a rabbit nibbling at its elbow, Japanese, 18th or 19th century
Lancet, steel, Chinese
Ivory skull, with 3 toads and a snake climbing on it, possibly Japanese
1771-1900
Painted wooden mask with ear pieces, representing kolam play character Maru Raksha (Marurassa), the Demon of Death, Sinhalese, Sri Lanka, 1771-1900
1700-1900
Acupuncture needle, steel and brass, 1700-1900
Acupuncture needles with case, probably from China or Japan, 1800s
1700-1850
Tinder pistol in egg-shaped, fenestrated, pierced metal case, twin arms, twin steel worn as netsuke, Japanese, 1700-1850
Stone amulet contained within a leather purse, by the Na-Khi tribe of South West China
Earthenware tea pot, Japanese, 18th or 19th century
Ivory model of a skull, finely carved with a snake coiled around the top on which a toad sits, Japanese
Ivory carved statue, in the form of half draped skeleton carrying a type of bucket and with a dog and some lotus flowers, Japanese
Wooden printing block, depicting a buddist talisman carved in relief on one side. The talisman is depicted held in the palm of a hand. Tibetan, 1701-1900.
Carved wooden statue of Li T'ieh-Kuai , one of the 8 Taoist Immortals who came back in form of a beggar, Chinese, 1801-1900
Ivory netsuke, in the form of a skull with a snake threaded through it, Japanese, 1701-1900
Cupping horn, India
Model of elephant carrying sacred alms bowl of Buddha, porcelain, Chinese
Iron and ivory betel nut cutters, probably Indian or Sri Lankan (formerly Ceylon), 1801-1900
Metal and glass oil lamp, used in opium smoking, Chinese
Pottery ceramic statue of Shoki the Demon - Queller, suspended from roof as protection, made in Kawasaki, Japanese, 1801-1900
1880-1920
Steelyard with ivory beam, brass pan and faceted brass weight, the so-called "opium" scales, in wooden violin-shaped case, Chinese, 1880-1920
before 1929
Carved ivory statue, in the form of an Oriental man and woman engaged in sexual foreplay, Chinese
