IDENTIFIERS
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id:	185623
accession number:	4165.9

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Monday 10 October 2011
updated:	Thursday 28 August 2025

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: A watercolour drawing from the album 4165. This image depicts two Qing ladies in a domestic setting. The seated lady holds a green teacup. She wears a richly decorated blue robe adorned with dragon motifs and elaborate embroidery in orange, red, and gold. Her dark blue skirt has wave patterns and a yellow pleated hem. She wears an ornate headdress decorated with flowers and pearls. A young maid stands in front of her, wearing a brown robe with blue floral trim. She is holding a container that has a dian cui (kingfisher feathers) head dress for the lady. On the table next to the lady, there is a opened black lacquer box, likely containing more jewellery or cosmetic products. There is also a dark blue vase holding pink roses. The painting is executed in the style typical of Chinese export art from around the late 18th or early 19th century, with careful attention to details in the clothing, furniture, and domestic objects. The style combines Chinese painting techniques with elements designed to appeal to Western tastes, particularly in the detailed rendering of the furniture's materials, the textiles' intricate designs, and the figures' individual facial characteristics. Previously described as "Manchu official".
title:	drawing

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/185623





TECHNIQUES
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watercolour, bodycolour, and ink with heightening in white, gold and silver on pith paper, laid down with with strips of blue silk-covered paper
drawing

CATEGORIES
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category: drawing

DATING
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culture:	19th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Sunqua

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: mm
value: 365

dimension: Width
units: mm
value: 256



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