Medicine
29-237-107
From: China | Guangzhou
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 29-237-107 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Chinese |
| Provenience | China | Guangzhou |
| Date Made | 19th Century |
| Section | Asian |
| Description | 紅靈丹. Calcined lead. To adulterate or as a substitute for vermilion, and is employed to a certain extent by glass-makers and painters. From Guangzhou (Canton). Value at Ningbo, $6 per picul. 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 | 4135 - Other Number | CG98-1-72.111 - Found in Collection Number |
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