IDENTIFIERS
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id:	185669
accession number:	4171.7

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Tuesday 11 October 2011
updated:	Thursday 28 August 2025

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: A watercolour drawing from the album 4171. This image depicts a pair of mandarin ducks (Aix galericulata) in their natural aquatic habitat beside a lotus pond. The male duck has colourful plumage including a distinctive reddish-orange head and neck, prominent white facial stripes, and wing markings featuring brilliant blue and white striped secondary feathers. His body shows rich chestnut flanks contrasting with darker wings and back. The female exhibits the more subdued brown and grey plumage. They are depicted in a lotus pond. The painting demonstrates the fine brushwork characteristic of Chinese export art from the late 18th or early 19th century, combining ornithological documentation and traditional Chinese flower-and-bird painting style.
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/185669





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

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: mm
value: 250

dimension: Width
units: mm
value: 337



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