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NHD52/44
- Record Id:
- 041-003272483
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003272438
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181659.0x000b4f
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- NHD52/44
- Title:
-
Orchid. Artist(s): Unknown.
- Scope & Content:
-
Orchid
Orchidaceae family
Original inscriptions: Hoe-ling-lan (reverse lower right in ink)
Further inscriptions: H. Sh. (front lower left in ink); Orchis sp. (front lower right in pencil)
Illustration of an unidentified flowering orchid species. Left to right: leafy and flowering stem, with alternate elliptic light green leaves, one leaf showing dark green interior. At the top: two bloomed flowers, one front facing and one laterally facing. Flowers composed of two hairy sepals, three oblong petals, and lip in the middle. In the middle: illustration of dissected flower, showing three petals, the pedicel with ovary and lateral hairy sepals, and lip stemming erect from the middle. Lip has a compound structure, with two stamens on top. On the right: flowerless stealth with leafy stem attached to oblong light brown psedo-bulb, two types of roots branching out, one set of thicker roots, and one set of thinner and sinuous roots.
Any further details: One waterline visible horizontally across the painting.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Natural History Drawings
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003272438
040-003272439
041-003272483 - 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
NHD52/44 : Orchid. Artist(s): Unknown. - Hierarchy:
- 032-003272438[0001]/040-003272439[0044]/041-003272483
- 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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- Physical Characteristics:
-
Medium: watercolour
Measurements: 30x33.5cm
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Plants
- Places:
- China, Asia