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NHD52/15
- Record Id:
- 041-003272454
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003272438
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181659.0x000b32
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- NHD52/15
- Title:
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Guan Yin orchid. Artist(s): Unknown.
- Scope & Content:
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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. Brown marked thick roots; three brown striated short basal leaves and seven long lanceolate basal leaves. The leaves surround a flowering stealth with four pendulums flowers, and three erect closed buds on top. The flowering stealth is green-yellow coloured, flower petals are green-yellow with fuchsia marks and one vertical line each. Each flower has five petals and one curling lip, characterised by a darker and larger mark of fuchsia. Lower right: illustration of a dissected flower showing the five individual petals, the lip attached to the nectary tube and pedicel.
The same plant is depicted in a different format in NHD56/25.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Natural History Drawings
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003272438
040-003272439
041-003272454 - Is part of:
- NHD52-57 : NHD52-57 Six volumes of plant illustrations comprising 309 watercolour drawings of Chinese plants, mostly flowering shoots natural…
NHD52 : Album of Chinese plant illustrations, covers only
NHD52/15 : Guan Yin orchid. Artist(s): Unknown. - Hierarchy:
- 032-003272438[0001]/040-003272439[0015]/041-003272454
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: NHD52-57
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Chinese
English - Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- Chinese school
- Start Date:
- 1799
- End Date:
- 1801
- Date Range:
- c 1800
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Appointment required to view these records. Please consult Asian and African Studies Print Room staff.
- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: watercolour
Measurements: 30x33.5cm
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Plants
- Places:
- China, Asia