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NHD54/4
- Record Id:
- 041-003272549
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003272438
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181659.0x000b91
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- NHD54/4
- Title:
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Grapevine. Artist(s): Unknown.
- Scope & Content:
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Grapevine
Vitis L.; Vitaceae family
Original inscriptions: 山菩提 (front lower left in ink); 金 (reverse lower right in pencil)
Further inscriptions: H. Sh. (front lower left in ink); Vitis sp. (front lower right in pencil)
Flowering twigs of a grape plant. Two green tendrils branch out from the nodes of the main, brown erect branch. Tendrils leaf-opposed, cordate with slightly serrate margins; veins are palmately compound, patterned surface. Numerous thyrse inflorescences, especially on lower tendril, stemming opposite of leaves. Inflorescences are composed of mostly buds, small, round and green; few bloomed flowers on the lower left, flowers are inconspicuous, white. Semi-dissected view of the flower on the lower right, showing pedicel and numerous stamens, with a set of three petals on the left, and three stamens on the right. Further lower right: depiction of the fruit, compound berries thyrse; berry globose, dark purple to light green. One berry dissected, showing cross divided interior flesh and seeds. Seed obovoid-elliptic, brown.
Any further details: Page cut on the top left corner.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Natural History Drawings
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003272438
040-003272545
041-003272549 - 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
NHD54/4 : Grapevine. Artist(s): Unknown. - Hierarchy:
- 032-003272438[0003]/040-003272545[0004]/041-003272549
- 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:
-
Medium: watercolour
Measurements: 45x34cm
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Plants
- Places:
- China, Asia