A PAINTED ACUPUNCTURE CHART, QINGChina, 18th-19th century. Painted on paper in black and brown ink with watercolor highlights. Provenance: From a British private collection.Condition: Good condition with intensive colors, some soiling and rubbing, laid down, one small piece of tape to upper edge. Depiction of full body in front and rear view.Dimensions: circa 59 x 39 cm.Acupuncture is one of the oldest practices of traditional Chinese medicine. The first documentation of an "organized system of diagnosis and treatment" for acupuncture was in The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine (Huangdi Neijing) from about 100 BC. Gold and silver needles found in the tomb of Liu Sheng from around 100 BC are believed to be the earliest archeological evidence of acupuncture. According to Plinio Prioreschi, the earliest known historical record of acupuncture is the Shih-Chi (Record of History), written by a historian around 100 BC. It’s believed that this text was documenting what was established practice at that time.清針灸挂圖中國,十八至十九世紀。紙版黑色棕色墨及水彩。來源:英國私人收藏品相:品相良好,顔色濃鬱,一些污跡,邊緣上有一塊膠帶。描繪人體前後穴道。尺寸:約 59 x 39 厘米