Dr. Louis Auzoux Medical Teaching Model of a Head

Description:

Dr. Louis Auzoux Medical Teaching Model of a Head, France, mid-19th century, papier-mâché anatomical model designed to be dismantled and reassembled, showing internal anatomy with labeled parts, veins and arteries in blue and red, mounted to a turned ebonized base, ht. with base 13 in.

Provenance: Harter Antiques to a private Massachusetts collector, with certificate of authenticity.
Estimate $3,000-5,000


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