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NHD54/2
- Record Id:
- 041-003272547
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003272438
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181659.0x000b8f
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- NHD54/2
- Title:
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Chinese New Year Flower. Artist(s): Unknown.
- Scope & Content:
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Chinese New Year Flower
Pierisjaponica (Thunb.) D.Don. Ex G.Don; Ericaceae family
Original inscriptions: 吊鐘 (front lower left in ink); 二月開 (reverse lower left in ink); Tew-tchung-fa (reverse lower right in pencil)
Further inscriptions: H. Sh. (front lower left in ink); Andromeda japonica (front lower right in pencil)
Flowering branch of a fuchsia Chinese New Year Flower plant. One brown-greyish, smooth branch dividing laterally in an umbel structure. Leaves and flowers are clustered on top of each twig. Lanceolate leaves with smooth surface and entire margins, mostly reddish in colour; one green leaf on the right twig. Pendulous, funnel-shape flowers stem from the middle of the leaves. Flowers pedicel is long and bright pink, petals are red to pink, with white curling ends. Flowers are mostly bloomed, lateral facing, with one pink pistil slightly visible; only one front-facing flower, showing internal stellate structure. On the left: two gems on light brown pedicels. Lower left: dissected view of a flower pedicel showing pistil, and flower corolla, showing five petals, on each of which a set of two stamens is visible. Lower right: small branch showing two green-leaved twigs with each a set of two and three buds respectively; buds are globular and light green, dark fuchsia petals slightly visible at the bottom.
Any further details: Paint partly oxidised.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Natural History Drawings
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003272438
040-003272545
041-003272547 - Is part of:
- NHD52-57 : NHD52-57 Six volumes of plant illustrations comprising 309 watercolour drawings of Chinese plants, mostly flowering shoots natural…
NHD54 : Album of Chinese plant illustrations, covers only
NHD54/2 : Chinese New Year Flower. Artist(s): Unknown. - Hierarchy:
- 032-003272438[0003]/040-003272545[0002]/041-003272547
- 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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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: watercolour
Measurements: 29.9x32.4cm
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Plants
- Places:
- China, Asia