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A PERSO-ISLAMIC ANATOMICAL ILLUSTRATION OF THE VASCULAR SYSTEM AFTER MANSUR IBN ILYAS. - This anatomical drawing is executed in ink and pigment wash on toned paper, depicting a human figure in a characteristic squatting pose. The illustration focuses on the vascular system, with a detailed network of vessels rendered in red and dark blue-green pigments branching throughout the body. The work is rendered in the traditional Perso-Islamic style of medical manuscript illustration, specifically associated with the late 14th-century treatise Tashrih-i Mansuri (The Anatomy of Mansur) by Mansur ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Ilyas. Calligraphic inscriptions in Persian or Arabic script are positioned at the upper left, upper right, and lower centre of the composition. Approximately 39 x 34cm