Material derived from the bodies of animals

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Materia medica from a Chinese apothecary's shop: heads and beaks of birds, hoofs and legs of other animals and bears' feet in lines on the ground. Photograph.

Ming herbal (painting): Adjutant bird(?)

Ming herbal (painting): Pigeons

Ming herbal (painting): Siberian white crane

Ming herbal (painting): Xichi (a water fowl)

Ming herbal (painting): Owl

Ming herbal (painting): Peacock

Ming herbal (painting): Stork

Ming herbal (painting): Crow

Meadowsweet against animal testing / Meadowsweet.

Ming herbal (painting): Quail

Ming herbal (painting): Paradise flycatcher

Shandong yaoyong dongwu / Ji Jiayi, Zhao Yuqing.

Ming herbal (painting): Cormorant

Mikroskopie masa a surovin živočišného původu / Rudolf Böhm, Vladimír Pleva.

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Animal products

Images from the collections

Images referencing Animal products

Works from the collections

Shandong yaoyong dongwu / Ji Jiayi, Zhao Yuqing.

Ming herbal (painting): Cormorant

Meadowsweet against animal testing / Meadowsweet.

Mikroskopie masa a surovin živočišného původu / Rudolf Böhm, Vladimír Pleva.

Ming herbal (painting): Paradise flycatcher

Animal products

Images from the collections

Images referencing Animal products

Works from the collections

Shandong yaoyong dongwu / Ji Jiayi, Zhao Yuqing.

Ming herbal (painting): Cormorant

Meadowsweet against animal testing / Meadowsweet.

Mikroskopie masa a surovin živočišného původu / Rudolf Böhm, Vladimír Pleva.

Ming herbal (painting): Paradise flycatcher

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