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NHD53/48
- Record Id:
- 041-003272538
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003272438
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181659.0x000b86
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- NHD53/48
- Title:
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Pink rose. Artist(s): Unknown.
- Scope & Content:
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Pink rose.
Rosa L.; Rosaceae family
Original inscriptions: 月桂 (front lower left in ink); 四月開 (reverse lower left in ink); Yeut-quai (reverse lower right in pencil)
Further inscriptions: H. Sh. (front lower left in ink)
Flowering branch of a pink rose. Slender, light green branch, from which four leafy twigs branch out laterally; these are compound even-pinnate leaves; leaf blade lanceolate with serrate margins and alternate dark veins. At the base of each secondary compound leaf twig, two small and thin light green bracts. At the top of the branch: two fully bloomed flowers, showing numerous layers of bilobed, ondulate petals. One small bud behind the right flower, showing green sepals, and thin strips of pink petals seen through the sepals. Lower left: dissected view of the pedicel, with sinuous, pendulous sepals, curling downwards, and receptacle dotted with dark red, four stamens. Lower right: dissected view of five pink petals of increasing size.
Any further details: Pink paint partly oxidised.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Natural History Drawings
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003272438
040-003272490
041-003272538 - Is part of:
- NHD52-57 : NHD52-57 Six volumes of plant illustrations comprising 309 watercolour drawings of Chinese plants, mostly flowering shoots natural…
NHD53 : Album of Chinese plant illustrations, covers only
NHD53/48 : Pink rose. Artist(s): Unknown. - Hierarchy:
- 032-003272438[0002]/040-003272490[0048]/041-003272538
- 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:
- 1800
- End Date:
- 1800
- 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: 29.5x32.9cm
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Plants
- Places:
- China, Asia