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4621. NHD54/26

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD54/26
Title:
White Camellia. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
White Camellia Theaceae family Original inscriptions: 黄香球 (front lower left in ink); 四月開 (reverse lower left in ink); Wong-mōue-heuong (reverse lower left in pencil) Further inscriptions: H. Sh. (front lower left in ink) Slender, light green, nodose branch, with densely clustered elliptic-la...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

4622. NHD54/27

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD54/27
Title:
Illustration of an unidentified Prunus plant. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Illustration of an unidentified Prunus plant Prunus L.; Rosaceae family Original inscriptions: 賀正梅 (front lower left in ink); 二月開 (reverse lower left in ink); Ho-tching-moui (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: H. Sh. (front lower left in ink) Flowering branch of a Prunus sp...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

4623. NHD54/28

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD54/28
Title:
Chinese Pear. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Chinese Pear Pyrus pyrifolia (Burm.f.) Nakai; Rosaceae family Original inscriptions: 沙梨 (front lower left in ink); 三月開 (reverse lower left in ink); Sha-li- (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: H. Sh. (front lower left in ink) Flowering branch of a Chinese pear plant. Thick, ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

4624. NHD54/29

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD54/29
Title:
Spiraea. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Spiraea Spiraea L.; Rosaceae family Original inscriptions: 碎玉 (front lower left in ink); 四月開 (reverse lower left in ink); Soui-youe-fā (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: H. Sh. (front lower left in ink) Thin, erect branch, widely branching out laterally. Densely leaved alo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

4625. NHD54/30

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD54/30
Title:
Star fruit. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Star fruit. Averrhoa carambola L.; Oxalidaceae family Original inscriptions: 洋桃 (front centre in ink); 洋桃 Yeuong-to (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: W. Ch. (front lower left in ink); Averrhoa carambola (front lower right in pencil) Flowering branch of a star fruit plant...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

4626. NHD54/31

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD54/31
Title:
Japanese kerria. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Japanese kerria Kerria japonica (L.) DC.; Rosaceae family Original inscriptions: 棠桌花 (front lower right in ink); 棠棣 Tang-tai-fu (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: w. Ch. (front lower left in ink); Corchorus japonica (front lower right in pencil) Flowering branch of a yell...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

4627. NHD54/32

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD54/32
Title:
Henan Tea plant. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Henan Tea plant Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze; Theaceae Original inscriptions: 河南茶 (front lower right in ink); 河南茶 Ho-nan-tcha (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: W. Ch. (front lower left in ink); Thea Bohea tea tree (front lower right in pencil) Flowering branch of a tea p...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

4628. NHD54/33

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD54/33
Title:
Willow tree. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Willow tree Salix L.; Salicaceae family Original inscriptions: 柳 (front lower right in ink); Low (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: W. Ch. (front lower left in ink) Flowering branchlets of a willow tree. One green, slender branch, sub-dividing in several branchlets bending...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

4629. NHD54/34

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD54/34
Title:
Chinese fir. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Chinese fir Cunninghamia lanceolata (Lamb.) Hook.; Cupressaceae family Original inscriptions: 衫 (front lower right in ink); 衫 Tcham-shen (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: W. Ch. (front lower left in ink) One erect, green-yellowish woody branch, with nodose and rough surf...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

4630. NHD54/35

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD54/35
Title:
Illustration of an unidentified pink flower plant. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Illustration of an unidentified pink flower plant Further inscriptions: H. Sh. (front lower left in ink) Flowering branch of an unidentified bulbose, pink flower plant. Thick and erect, light green, smooth branches with pink nodes with large, obcordate leaves with slightly serrate margins. Le...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item