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NHD54/15
- Record Id:
- 041-003272560
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003272438
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181659.0x000b9c
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- NHD54/15
- Title:
-
Cassia. Artist(s): Unknown.
- Scope & Content:
-
Cassia
Cassia L.; Fabaceae family
Original inscriptions: 四月開 (reverse lower left in ink)
Further inscriptions: H. Sh. (front lower left in ink); Cassia speciosa (reverse lower right in pencil)
One erect, light green, smooth branch, with numerous alternate or possibly spirally arranged pari-pinnate compound leaves. Leaf blade is oblong, dark green, with pinnate veins. A few brown leaves. At the top of the branch, three light green-pale yellow gems. At mid-level, three flowers on each side, on long green pedicels, with stellate green bracts. Flowers are big, orange, with light yellow sepals. One long bud. Lower left: dissected view of three stamens; slender pedicel with smaller bracts and bigger light green-orange sepals; pistils, and five oblong petals.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Natural History Drawings
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003272438
040-003272545
041-003272560 - 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
NHD54/15 : Cassia. Artist(s): Unknown. - Hierarchy:
- 032-003272438[0003]/040-003272545[0015]/041-003272560
- 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: 29.7x33 cm
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Plants
- Places:
- China, Asia