M0009455: Agni, Vedic fire god, from Laignel-Lavastine: Histoire generale de la medecine

Date:
15 April 1946
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/83/21
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M0009455: Agni, Vedic fire god, from Laignel-Lavastine: <i>Histoire generale de la medecine</i>. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Agni, god of fire.

Description

Reproduction of a carving of Agni, the Vedic fire god who corresponds to one of the elements in the composition of the body, published in Laignel-Lavastine, M: Histoire générale de la médecine, de la pharmacie, de l'art dentaire et de l'art vétérinaire, volume II, Paris : Albin Michel éditeur, [1936-1949]. The original carving is held by the Guimet Museum, France

Publication/Creation

15 April 1946

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the publication depicted in the glass plate negative

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

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