Medicine

29-237-46

From: China | Anhui

Curatorial Section: Asian

Object Number 29-237-46
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Chinese
Provenience China | Anhui
Date Made 19th Century
Section Asian
Description

丹皮. Peony bark. The bark of the root of the Paeonia Moutan. Taken for congestion, blood diseases, etc. From Anhui province. Value at Zhenjiang, $19.50 per picul. (See also no. 3826, 3842) White rings with black and purple markings. One of a collection of samples of Chinese medicine, each in an individual glass jar sealed with cork top.

Credit Line Gift of R. Stewart Culin, pre-1903
Other Number 3922 - Other Number | CG98-1-72.47 - Found in Collection Number

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