Botanical art: Ginkgo portrait on ginkgo wood
Ginkgo portrait painted onto a board made from ginkgo wood and framed with young ginkgo branches. Little more than a foot long and nine inches wide.
Portrait made in 1878 by plant illustrator Chikusai Kato for Koishikawa Botanic Garden, now part of Tokyo University.
Enlargement here.
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posted by Cor Kwant @ 6/17/2013
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