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1. NHD54

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD54
Title:
Album of Chinese plant illustrations, covers only
Scope & Content:
Original binding and covers for NHD54. See individual records for NHD54/1-53 for contents. On inside cover inscribed in Latin: 'This book contains sixty pictures'. Also inscribed: 'Wan Teheun' (perhaps name of artist or patron?). Individual watercolours removed from original covers in 2014. O...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

2. NHD54/12

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD54/12
Title:
Dracontomelon. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Dracontomelon Dracontomelon Blume; Anacardiaceae family Original inscriptions: 白水焦 (front lower left in ink) Flowering stem of a Dracontomelon plant; upper flowering tube and lower rooting stemshown separated left to right. Erect, striate, tubular stem, densely leaved, with elliptic-lanceolat...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

3. 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

4. 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

5. NHD54/40

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD54/40
Title:
Honeysuckle. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Honeysuckle Lonicera L.; Caprifoliaceae family Original inscriptions: -乾金銀花 (front lower right in ink, attached to page with pin; first character unintelligible) Further inscriptions: H. Sh. (front lower left in ink) Flowering twig of an orange-white honeysuckle plant. One, woody brown branc...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

6. NHD54/4

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD54/4
Title:
Grapevine. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Grapevine Vitis L.; Vitaceae family Original inscriptions: 山菩提 (front lower left in ink); 金 (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: H. Sh. (front lower left in ink); Vitis sp. (front lower right in pencil) Flowering twigs of a grape plant. Two green tendrils branch out from the...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

7. NHD54/15

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD54/15
Title:
Cassia. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Cassia Cassia L.; Fabaceae family Original inscriptions: 四月開 (reverse lower left in ink) Further inscriptions: H. Sh. (front lower left in ink); Cassia speciosa (reverse lower right in pencil) One erect, light green, smooth branch, with numerous alternate or possibly spirally arranged pari-p...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

8. NHD54/38

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD54/38
Title:
Cerbera. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Cerbera Cerbera L.; Apocynaceae family Original inscriptions: 羊春杉 Kow-tchun (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: W. Ch. (front lower left in ink) Brown-grey woody branchlet, with a cluster of spirally arranged leaves on the apex. Leaf blade narrowly elliptic, green to green-...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

9. NHD54/41

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD54/41
Title:
Hibiscus. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Hibiscus Hibiscus L.; Malvaceae family Original inscriptions: 山芙蓉 (front lower left in ink); Sheui-fow-yong (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: Hibiscus littoralis (front lower right in pencil) Brown, erect and nodose branchlet, with four obcordate leaves with entire margin...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

10. NHD54/3

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD54/3
Title:
Buddhist Pine. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Buddhist Pine Podocarpusmacrophyllus (Thunb.) Sweet; Podocarpaceae family Original inscriptions: 羅漢松 (front lower left in ink); : 羅漢松 Lo-hon-tsong (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: W. Ch. (front lower left in ink); Taxus sp. (front lower right in pencil) Flowering branch ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

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