19th C. Chinese Wood Acupuncture Teaching Model

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Jul 1, 2021

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• Lot Description
  East Asia, China, ca. 1860 to 1880 CE. A sizeable, carved wooden male model with black-painted inscriptions used to teach acupuncture in China. The standing figure is marked with various acupuncture holes representing pressure points where needles should be placed on the human body as well as the meridians through which the qi (chi) or energy in the body flows. It is necessary for qi to flow freely along the body's channels or meridians in order to ensure good health. Acupuncture was developed in China and spread throughout East Asia, especially Korea and Japan, centuries before Europeans learned of the practice. Dutch physician Willem ten Rhijne, who studied acupuncture in Japan for two years, wrote "De Acupunctura," the first European text on the subject published in 1683. It was not until 1823 that British surgeon James Morss Churchill wrote "A Treatise on Acupuncturation," the first English text on acupuncture. Size: 5.7" L x 8.375" W x 31.375" H (14.5 cm x 21.3 cm x 79.7 cm); 32.5" H (82.6 cm) on included custom stand.
  
  According ot the Wood Library Museum of Anesthesiology, "The practice of acupuncture is based on the ancient Chinese concept of yin yang balance. Yin and yang represent the interdependent opposites that exist in everything, and for good health the two must be in balance. According to traditional Chinese Medicine, a metaphysical energy called "qi", or “chi”, is believed to circulate throughout the body along invisible channels called meridians. It is thought that stagnation or problems with the flow of "qi" causes a yin yang imbalance. To restore that balance, the skin is punctured with very fine needles at acupoints. Most acupoints are found along the body’s twelve meridians. Practitioners of acupuncture use it to relieve pain and to treat a variety of health conditions."
  
  Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex Lissauer collection, Sydney, Australia, 1950 to 2000
  
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  Condition

  Body shows age crack down center from chest to waist wrap. Integral cylindrical base shows expected wear with abrasions, surface losses, and age cracks, the largest to right and below left proper foot as shown. Arms either carved separately and joined to body or reattached. Normal surface wear with scuffs and abraded areas. Hand-painted writing is well preserved. Drops of white pigment on head and body as shown.
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