M0017488: Porcelain leech and tamarind jars

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Photograph of a leech jar and a tamarind jar, both made of the same ware: porcelain with blue marbling on a white ground. title: Leech and Tamarind jars. They were acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1939 (accession numbers R3123/1939 and R2179/1939)

M0017488: Porcelain leech and tamarind jars

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