Man seated, by Sunqua

An image of Album: Manchu Officials. Man seated. Sunqua, attributed (Chinese, ac.1830-1870). Album containing 12 watercolours on pith paper. Watercolour, bodycolour, and ink with heightening in white, gold and silver on pith paper, laid down with with strips of blue silk-covered paper, height 365 mm, width 256 mm, 19th century. Chinese. Production Note: Export album made for the Western market.

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Album: Manchu Officials. Man seated. Sunqua, attributed (Chinese, ac.1830-1870). Album containing 12 watercolours on pith paper. Watercolour, bodycolour, and ink with heightening in white, gold and silver on pith paper, laid down with with strips of blue silk-covered paper, height 365 mm, width 256 mm, 19th century. Chinese. Production Note: Export album made for the Western market.

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Accession Number: 4166(8)
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 736 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 531.30kB
Exposure time: 1/15
ISO Speed: 50
Captured: 2011:06:15 10:50:48

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19th Century album birds bodycolour Chinese clothes clothing costume dress fashion Fitz_PDP hats male Manchu Manchurian moustache moustachioed mustache official paper peacock peacock feather pith paper seated silk sitting Sunqua tables vase of flowers vases watercolour

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