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NHD56/33
- Record Id:
- 041-003272680
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003272438
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181659.0x000c14
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- NHD56/33
- Title:
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Water Caltrop. Artist(s): Unknown.
- Scope & Content:
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Water Caltrop
Trapa natans L.; Lythraceae family
Original inscriptions: 紅菱角 (front lower left in ink); Hong-lin-kōe (reverse lower right in pencil)
Further inscriptions: W. Ch. (front lower left in ink); Trapa bicornis (front lower right in pencil)
Depiction of a water chestnut plant seen from above. Two circles of leaves, leaf blade is slightly romboid, wider than long, toothed in the upper part, stemming from a thick, reddish stem. All leaves but two green, two reddish as the stems. In the middle one small bud, and one open flower, white yellowish-greenwish petals, with sinuous stamens and one pale green-greyish pistil; petals seem crimpled. One fruit on the left, recognizable by its tipical bicorn shape, mostly reddish with some yellow marks. Lower left: dissected view of the flower, showing flower members taken apart but not individually laid out. Lower right: illustration of the nut, showing outline in reddish, and interior white flesh, slices of which are depicted separately at the two sides, below; one whole interior white nut is depicted on the right.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Natural History Drawings
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003272438
040-003272647
041-003272680 - 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
NHD56/33 : Water Caltrop. Artist(s): Unknown. - Hierarchy:
- 032-003272438[0005]/040-003272647[0033]/041-003272680
- 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: 29x33cm
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Plants
- Places:
- China, Asia