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The painting is included in an album of Japanese watercolours of herbs and vegetables. The lettering in black ink in Chinese script describes medicinal uses. The lettering when translated describes the top gel segment as being frozen and mentions Amorphophallus rivieri and Amorphophallus sinensis.
Title
Water Pepper Plant (Polygonum Hydropiper) and Two Square Segments of a Gel-Like Substance
Medium
watercolour on paper (?)
Measurements
H 30.9 x W 20 cm
Accession number
22758i
Acquisition method
presumed to be part of the collection formed by Henry S. Wellcome
Work type
Watercolour