Current Location: In storage
Titles
Woman standing
Maker(s)
Sunqua
(Attributed)
Entities
Categories
Description
A watercolour drawing from the album 4166. This image depicts a young Qing lady standing beside a wooden table in a domestic setting. The lady wears a court robe composed of multiple richly decorated sections. Her outer garment is a red robe with blue cloud patterns, while the ranking badge shows a white crane. The lower portion features colorful striped panels in orange, blue, and red, typical of formal Manchu court dress. Her black skirt has blue floral patterns. She wears an ornate blue kingfisher feather headdress with white pearl strands. The lady stands beside a red-brown wooden table. On the table is a dark ceramic vase containing delicate red flowering branches and a stack of books. There is a green stool with curved legs beneath the table. The painting is executed in the style typical of Chinese export art from around the late 18th or early 19th century, with meticulous attention to details in the court costume, furniture design, and decorative objects. The style combines traditional Chinese figure painting with elements designed to appeal to Western tastes, particularly in the detailed rendering of the subject's elaborate court dress and the well-appointed interior setting.
Measurements and weight
Height: 365 mm
Width: 256 mm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Given
(1909)
by
Bothamley, Rev. H.
School or Style
Chinese
Chinese export art
Chinese export watercolour
Materials used in production
Watercolour
Bodycolour
White highlights
Ink
Components of the work
Support
composed of
pith paper
Techniques used in production
Drawing
: Watercolour, bodycolour, and ink with heightening in white, gold and silver on pith paper, laid down with with strips of blue silk-covered paper
Identification numbers
Accession number: 4166.5
Primary reference Number: 185631
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Audit data
Created: Monday 10 October 2011
Updated: Thursday 28 August 2025
Last processed: Thursday 28 August 2025
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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