Box 1
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Chinese paintings of flowering plants, hand-colored on rice paper Digital
FOUND IN:
Botany Libraries, Arnold Arboretum Library (Cambridge), Harvard University
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Collection:
Chinese paintings of flowering plants, hand-colored on rice paper
Collection — Box: 1Identifier: arn00019
Scope and Contents:
18 Chinese botanical illustrations featuring insects. Gouache on pith paper, edged with silk ribbon and further applied to paper. Probably made in Canton, circa 1850.Title derived from bookseller’s description.Bookseller’s description attached to album endpage: "Hand-colored on rice paper. Oblong folio, loosely mounted in silk borders on paper backgrounds. ... These appear to have been made around 100 years ago, and are all very exquisite, each plate having some...