Doctor's Lady
Doctor's Lady
length: 21 cm.
China, 18th century.
Ivory, carved, partially set. Only dressed with her shoes and bracelets, a young woman lies there, her left hand laid before her shame. The Doctor's Lady is a means of communication between the women of the Chinese upper class and healers. In earlier times, Chinese women were not allowed to undress before a doctor for reasons of morality and decency. The pain doll was marked by the women at the painful spots and sent back to the doctor, who prepared the appropriate medication by remote diagonosis and sent it to the ladies. (1241461) (13)
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Doctor's Lady
length: 21 cm.
China, 18th century.
Ivory, carved, partially set. Only dressed with her shoes and bracelets, a young woman lies there, her left hand laid before her shame. The Doctor's Lady is a means of communication between the women of the Chinese upper class and healers. In earlier times, Chinese women were not allowed to undress before a doctor for reasons of morality and decency. The pain doll was marked by the women at the painful spots and sent back to the doctor, who prepared the appropriate medication by remote diagonosis and sent it to the ladies. (1241461) (13)
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