Two Shiva devotees known for extracting the poison from a scorpion's bite. Gouache drawing.

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1 drawing : gouache, with gum arabic

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Biragee juggernant - subbaputty - Shiven - sellers of small stones valued for their virtue in extracting poison from the bite of a scorpion. Bears number: 37

Notes

A similar painting, in watercolour and without a background, was offered for sale at Bonham's, Knightsbridge, 5 November 2014, lot 360, with inscription "The doctors of the Malabar, they come every ... to kill the ... of poisons".

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Attributed to a painter from Tanjore (Thanjavur), ca. 1840

References note

Yubraj Sharma, Spiritual energetics of homoeopathic materia medica, Wembley: Academy of light, 2006, vol. 2, p. 630

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Wellcome Collection 32948i

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