IDENTIFIERS
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id:	185639
accession number:	4168.1

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 4168. This image depicts a high-ranking Qing official seated in an ornate chair and holding a ruyi. The figure wears a court robe in dark blue and black with elaborate dragon and cloud motifs, indicating his status. He wears a black cap with red trim and a peacock feather. He has a well-groomed mustache and goatee. The official sits in an intricately carved wooden chair with curved armrests. On the table beside him are a blue vase containing pink roses and an incense burner. The table has a carved design along its edge that is characteristic of Chinese furniture.  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 decorative objects. The style combines Chinese painting techniques with elements designed to appeal to Western tastes, particularly in the detailed rendering of the figure's sumptuous costume and the well-appointed interior setting. 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/185639





TECHNIQUES
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watercolour, bodycolour, and ink with heightening in white 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: Yunqua

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: mm
value: 336

dimension: Width
units: mm
value: 253



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