Wenceslaus HOLLAR
Teng plant (Thunder god vine)
(1669)
plate from An Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperor of China by Johannes Nieuhof, translated and published by John Ogilby, London, 1669

Medium
etching

Measurements
10.4 × 16.1 cm (image) 10.8 × 16.7 cm (sheet, trimmed within platemark)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
London, England

Catalogue/s Raisonné
New Hollstein 2102 ii/ii; Pennington 2232 ii/ii

Edition
2nd of 2 states

Inscription
printed in ink (in image) u.c.: Vimen Sinicum, / called TENG

Accession Number
1278.1384-3

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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