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NHD52/35
- Record Id:
- 041-003272474
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003272438
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181659.0x000b46
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- NHD52/35
- Title:
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Spiraea. Artist(s): Unknown.
- Scope & Content:
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Spiraea
Spiraea L.; Rosaceae family
Original inscriptions: 碎玉花 (front lower right in ink); 碎玉 Sheui-youe-fā (reverse lower right in pencil)
Further inscriptions: W. Ch. (front lower left in ink)
Flowering branch of an unidentified white flower plant (possibly hydrangea). The main branch divides in three twigs, it is brown in colour and nodose. Elliptical leaves with serrated margins with palmate veins are alternating along each twig. A few leaves are of a slightly brighter and lighter shade of green. Four inflorescences are set at the end of each twig, two bigger ones front-facing, two smaller ones, laterally facing, with many flowers still enclosed in a globular, green bud. The inflorescences have a dense and round umbel structure, with numerous small, four-petals flowers creating a large flower-head. Each flower has a green dot between the petals. Lower right: dissected view of a flower, showing five small white petals, one pedicel with stellate sepals and stellate pistil, five stamens.
Any further details: Pencil underdrawings slightly visible. The same plant is depicted in a different format in NHD54/29.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Natural History Drawings
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003272438
040-003272439
041-003272474 - 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
NHD52/35 : Spiraea. Artist(s): Unknown. - Hierarchy:
- 032-003272438[0001]/040-003272439[0035]/041-003272474
- 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:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: watercolour
Measurements: 29.5x33cm
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Plants
- Places:
- China, Asia