CHINESE SCHOOL

CHINESE SCHOOL, 19TH C THE FLORA OF GREEN BANK HONG KONG, 1848, with contemporary pencil (one ink) inscriptions almost certainly by the botanists Robert Fortune (1812-1880) or John Lindley, FRS (1799-1865) No 5 Agapanthus Umbellatus, No 7 Lilium from Foochow, No13 Pomegranate, No 26 Hibiscus, No 28 Wightea coccinea ?, No 43 Renanthera Coccinea (Our plant), No 61 Plumbago rosea and No 125 Bauhinia - from Sydney, watercolour on paper (one on card), 36 x 23cm and c, unframed (8)Provenance: (possibly) commissioned by Robert Fortune from an unknown Chinese artist, c1848; with Peter Nahum, London.