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4611. NHD54/16

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD54/16
Title:
Illustration of an unidentified white flower plant. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Illustration of an unidentified white flower plant Original inscriptions: 仁面 Yun-mien (reverse lower right in pencil); 红米萳 (reverse lower right in pencil, faint and written beneath previous set of characters); reverse lower left: three unreadable characters in pencil Further inscriptions: W. ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

4612. NHD54/17

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD54/17
Title:
Winter daphne. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Winter daphne Daphne odora Thunb.; Thymelaeaceae family Original inscriptions: 瑞香 (front lower left in ink); 二月開(reverse lower left in ink); Sheui-heuong (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: H. Sh. (front lower left in ink) Flowering branch of a winter daphne plant. Brown er...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

4613. NHD54/18

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD54/18
Title:
White Peony. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
White Peony Paeonia L; Paeoniaceae family Original inscriptions: 白牡英丹 (front lower left in ink); 二月開 (reverse lower left in ink); Pae-mow-ying-lān (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: H. Sh. (front lower left in ink) Flowering branch of a white peony plant. Erect, green smoo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

4614. NHD54/19

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD54/19
Title:
Illustration of an unidentified white-pink flower plant. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Illustration of an unidentified white-pink flower plant Original inscriptions: 莺蓿花 (front lower right in ink); 莺蓿 Ying-loue- (reverse in pencil) Further inscriptions: W. Ch. (front lower left in ink) Flowering twig of an unidentified white-pink flower plant. A slender, smooth light green twig...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

4615. NHD54/20

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD54/20
Title:
Ylang Ylang vine. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Ylang Ylang vine Artabotrys hexapetalus (L.f.) Bhandari; Annonaceae family Original inscriptions: 鹰瓜花 (front lower right in ink); 鹰 Ying-tchaw (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: W. Ch. (front lower left in ink); [Artabotrys odoratissimus] of Braam, Ic. CR. D:18 (1821) (rev...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

4616. NHD54/21

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD54/21
Title:
Dwarf Magnolia. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Dwarf Magnolia Magnolia liliifera (L.) Baill.; Magnoliaceae family Original inscriptions: 夜合花 (front lower right in ink); Yē-hup- (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: W. ch. (front lower left in ink); Magnolia pumila (reverse lower right in pencil) Flowering branch of a dwar...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

4617. NHD54/22

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD54/22
Title:
Illustration of an unidentified orange flower plant. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Illustration of an unidentified orange flower plant Original inscriptions: 合笑 (front lower right in ink); Hum-lew (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: W. Ch. (front lower left in ink) Brown-greyish wood branch, branching out laterally developing in green branchlets. Sparsely ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

4618. NHD54/23

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD54/23
Title:
Chinese Crabapple. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Chinese Crabapple Malus spectabilis (Aiton) Borkh.; Rosaceae family Original inscriptions: 西苦海棠 (front lower right in ink); Sai-fou-hoi-tong (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: W. Ch. (front lower left in ink) Flowering branch of a Chinese crabapple plant. Brown, dotted twi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

4619. NHD54/24

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD54/24
Title:
Ginger Lily. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Ginger Lily Hedychium coronarium J.Koenig; Zingiberaceae family Original inscriptions: 草果花 (front lower right in ink); -果花 Tsow-quo-fa? (reverse lower right in pencil, first character unintelligible) Further inscriptions: W. Ch. (front lower left in ink) Flowering stem of a ginger lily plan...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

4620. NHD54/25

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD54/25
Title:
Eugenia. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Eugenia Eugenia P. Micheli ex L.; Myrtaceae family Original inscriptions: 白飯子 (front lower right in ink); 可食 白飯子 三月子 Pae-fan-tseu (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: W. Ch. (front lower left in ink) Flowering and fruiting branch of a white flower, white berries Eugenia plan...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item