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3101. NHD52/15

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD52/15
Title:
Guan Yin orchid. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Guan Yin orchid Cymbidium ensifolium Sw.; Orchidaceae family Original inscriptions: 觀音蘭 (front lower left in ink) Further inscriptions: H. Sh. (front lower left in ink); Epidendrum ensifolium, var. (front lower right in pencil) Flowering "Fragrant Lahn Fah"/ Sword-leaved Cymbidium plant. Bro...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

3102. NHD52/16

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD52/16
Title:
Lady Tankerville's swamp orchid. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Lady Tankerville's swamp orchid. Phaius tankervilleae (Banks) Blume; Orchidaceae family Original inscriptions: 寉頂蘭 (front lower left in ink); 四月開 (reverse lower left in ink); Hoe-ting-lan (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: H. Sh. (front lower left in ink); Limodorum tanker...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

3103. NHD52/17

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD52/17
Title:
Purple morning glory. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Purple morning glory Evolvulus sericeus Sw.; Convolvulaceae family Original inscriptions: 土丁桂 (front lower right in ink, attached to painting with pin); Further inscriptions: H. Sh. (front lower left in ink); Evolvulus sericea (front lower right in pencil) Numerous slender stems of differen...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

3104. NHD52/18

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD52/18
Title:
Honeysuckle. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Honeysuckle Lonicera discolor Lindl.; Caprifoliaceae family Original inscriptions: 金銀花 (front lower right in ink, attached to painting with pin); Further inscriptions: H. Sh. (front lower left in ink); Lonicera discolour (front lower right in pencil) Flowering twig of an orange-white flower...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

3105. NHD52/19

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD52/19
Title:
Illustration of an unidentified Annonaceae plant. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Illustration of an unidentified Annonaceae plant Annonaceae family Original inscriptions: 鳥挪 (front lower left in ink); 五月開 (reverse lower left in ink); Ōu-nō (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: H. sh. (front lower left in ink); Annona sp. (front lower right in pencil) Flow...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

3106. NHD52/20

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD52/20
Title:
Japanese persimmon. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Japanese persimmon Diospyros kaki L.f.; Ebenaceae family Original inscriptions: 鸡心柿 (front lower right in ink); Kai-sum-tseu (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: W. Ch. (front lower left in ink); Diospyrus kaki var. (front lower right in pencil) Flowering branch of a Japanes...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

3107. NHD52/21

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD52/21
Title:
White Mountain Mussaenda. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
White Mountain Mussaenda Mussaenda L.; Rubiaceae family Original inscriptions: 山白蝉(front lower left in ink); 四月開 (reverse lower left in ink); Shan-pae-shiem (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: H. Sh. (front lower left in ink); Mussaenda sp. (front lower right in pencil) Fl...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

3108. NHD52/22

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD52/22
Title:
Illustration of a Pimwheel flower. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Illustration of a Pimwheel flower Tabernaemontana divaricata (L.) R. Br. Ex Roem. & Schult.; Apocynaceae family Further inscriptions: H. Sh. (front lower left, in ink); Nerium divaricatum (front lower right in pencil) Flowering branch of a white pinwheel plant. Nodose light brown branchin...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

3109. NHD52/23

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD52/23
Title:
Illustration of an unidentified fruit tree. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Illustration of an unidentified fruit tree Original inscriptions: 来郎 (front lower left, in ink) Flowering branch of an unidentified fruiting plant. Highly corrugate brown branch, showing numerous small, globular protuberances; two twigs stemming from the main branch. At the apex of each twig,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

3110. NHD52/24

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD52/24
Title:
Morning glory. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Ipomoea L.; Convolvulaceae family Further inscriptions: Convolvulus longiflora (front lower right, in pencil) Twig of a white morning glory plant. One horizontal, slender, light green twig with two large, hearth-shaped leaves, and flowers. Alternating between the leaves, two large flowers are ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

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