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NHD56/3
- Record Id:
- 041-003272650
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003272438
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181659.0x000bf6
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- NHD56/3
- Title:
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Chinese chestnut. Artist(s): Unknown.
- Scope & Content:
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Chinese chestnut
Sterculia monosperma Vent.; Malvaceae family
Original inscriptions: : 貧婆 (front lower right in ink)
Further inscriptions: W. Ch. (front lower left in ink); Sterculia balangas (front lower right in pencil)
Woody, dark grey and reddish branch, with four simple, alternate leaves; leaf blade elliptic-obovate, apex acuminate; with entire margin. One racemose panicle inflorescences, fuchsia twig and pedicel, white petals with fuchsia limits; a second inflorescence in pinkish-yellow with oblong buds. Two large, orange reddish pods, one slighlty open to show inner black, round seeds. These resembles common chestnut (Castanea genus), but are smaller in size. At the bottom, one seed is dissected to show the several layers; lower right: dissected view of the flower, showing flower corolla, stamens, green pedicel with round fuchsia brachts and pendulus pistil, many stamens.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Natural History Drawings
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003272438
040-003272647
041-003272650 - Is part of:
- NHD52-57 : NHD52-57 Six volumes of plant illustrations comprising 309 watercolour drawings of Chinese plants, mostly flowering shoots natural…
NHD56 : Album of Chinese plant illustrations, covers only
NHD56/3 : Chinese chestnut. Artist(s): Unknown. - Hierarchy:
- 032-003272438[0005]/040-003272647[0003]/041-003272650
- 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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- Appointment required to view these records. Please consult Asian and African Studies Print Room staff.
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Medium: watercolour
Measurements: 29.2x33.7cm
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Plants
- Places:
- China, Asia