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161. NHD55/4

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD55/4
Title:
Chinese perfume plant. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Chinese perfume plant Aglaia odorata Lour.; Meliaceae family Original inscriptions: 山米仔蘭 (front lower left in ink); 四月開 (reverse lower left in ink); Shan-mai-tsai-lán (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: H. Sh. (front lower left in ink) One erect branch, densely leaved and w...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

162. NHD55/5

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD55/5
Title:
Noble orchid. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Noble orchid Cymbidium goeringii (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f.; Orchidaceae family Original inscriptions: 素心蘭 (front lower left in ink); 七月開 (reverse lower left in ink); Sou-sim-lan (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: H. Sh. (front lower left in ink) Flowering pseudobulb of a noble orc...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

163. NHD55/6

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD55/6
Title:
Illustration of an unidentified white flower plant. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Illustration of an unidentified white flower plant Original inscriptions: 遇坑蛇 (front lower right in ink); 四月花 遇紅- 遇坑蛇 Luo-hang-shē (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: W. Ch. (front lower left in ink) Erect, green branch with bi-pinnate elliptic leaves. Leaf blade has entire ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

164. NHD55/7

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD55/7
Title:
Illustration of an unidentified pink flower plant. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Illustration of an unidentified pink flower plant Original inscriptions: -黄皮仔 (front lower left in ink, first character unintelligible) Further inscriptions: H. Sh. (front lower left in ink) One erect branch with numerous alternate and opposite elliptic leaves. Leaf blade shows entire margins...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

165. NHD55/8

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD55/8
Title:
Yellow Chrysanthemum. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Yellow Chrysanthemum Chrysanthemum indicum L.; Asteraceae family Original inscriptions: 黄松針 (front lower right in ink, attached to page with nail) Further inscriptions: H. Sh. (front lower left in ink) Erect, green branches, with alternate, palmate with highly serrate margins leaves. Solitar...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

166. NHD55/9

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD55/9
Title:
Chinese asparagus. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Chinese asparagus Asparagus cochinchinensis (Lour.) Merr.; Asparagaceae family Original inscriptions: 天冬 (front lower right in ink); Tien-tong (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: W. Ch. (front lower left in ink) Fruiting branchlets of a Chinese asparagus plant. Two stems wi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

167. NHD55/10

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD55/10
Title:
Ilex. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Ilex Ilex Tourn. ex L.; Aquifoliaceae family Original inscriptions: 天星 (front lower left in ink) Light brown-orange, woody stem, with alternate elliptic leaves, leaf blade with entire margins. Clustered, small, stellate white flowers, stemming close to the leaves. Lower left: dissected view o...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

168. NHD55/11

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD55/11
Title:
Sweet flag. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Sweet flag Acorus calamus L.; Acoraceae family Original inscriptions: 菖蒲 (front lower left in ink); 二月開 (reverse lower left in ink); Tcheuong-pōw (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: H. Sh. (front lower left in ink) Flowering rhizome of a sweet flag (also called calamus). Lef...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

169. NHD55/12

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD55/12
Title:
Zanthoxylum. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Zanthoxylum Zanthoxylum L.; Rutaceae family Original inscriptions: 五葉蘭 (front lower left in ink); 五月開 (reverse lower left in ink); Ung-Yeip-lan (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: H. Sh. (front lower left in ink) Erect, woody and rugose, light brown branch, with two green, ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

170. NHD55/13

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD55/13
Title:
Illustration of an unidentifed white flower plant. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Illustration of an unidentifed white flower plant Original inscriptions: 山報碌 (front lower right in ink); 山報碌 Shan-po-loe (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: W. Ch. (front lower left in ink) Erect, reddish branch, with large, elliptic dark green leaves; leaf blade with entire...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

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