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NHD52/33
- Record Id:
- 041-003272472
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003272438
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181659.0x000b44
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- NHD52/33
- Title:
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Kumquat. Artist(s): Unknown.
- Scope & Content:
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Kumquat
Citrus japonica Thunb.; Rutaceae family
Original inscriptions: 金橘 (front lower right in ink); 金橘Kum-quat (reverse lower right in pencil)
Further inscriptions: W. Ch. (front lower left in ink); Citrus sp. (front lower right in pencil)
Flowering and fruiting branch of a kumquat plant. One brown- reddish spotted branch with alternate elliptic leaves; leaf blade with entire margins and alternate veins. At the top of the twig a corymb inflorescence with two completely close globular buds; three semi-open buds showing green sepals and white petals; one fully open flower showing four elongated white petals bending downward and a cluster of vertically erect stamens protruding from the petals; in the middle of the stamens a green circle (pistil). Mid-branch, two kumquat fruits are attached through small and thin, light green pedicels. The fruits are egg-shaped, with bright orange skins and darker spots across their surface. On the lower part of the branch: three green (immature) fruits hang. Lower left: dissected view of five elliptic shaped white petals with green sepals attached; five sets of three stamens each; the pistil with green lower end and yellow body; the pedicel.
Any further details: The same is depicted in a different format in NHD56/5.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Natural History Drawings
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003272438
040-003272439
041-003272472 - 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
NHD52/33 : Kumquat. Artist(s): Unknown. - Hierarchy:
- 032-003272438[0001]/040-003272439[0033]/041-003272472
- 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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- User Conditions:
- Appointment required to view these records. Please consult Asian and African Studies Print Room staff.
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Medium: watercolour
Measurements: 29.5x33cm
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Plants
- Places:
- China, Asia