IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 23105 accession number: PD.263-1973 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Thursday 23 January 2025 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: This is a Chinese export watercolour depicting two quails in a garden landscape setting. The two quails have brown speckled plumage and black and white head markings. The birds are placed They are positioned around a scholar's rock. A flowering branch hovers above the birds and rock. It has both white peonies and pink flowers on the same branch, making it a decorative background rather than realistic illustration. Above them extends a flowering branch with both white blossoms and coral-pink flowers, possibly representing a combination of camellia or plum blossoms. The foliage is rendered in various shades of green, and the background shows a subtle wash of blue sky fading to cream. The painting is executed in the style typical of Chinese export art from around the late 18th or early 19th century, combining traditional Chinese brushwork techniques with Western-influenced naturalistic detail. The artist has achieved a careful balance between decorative beauty and scientific accuracy in depicting the birds and botanical elements. title: drawing LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints collection: Broughton Collection STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/23105 SUBJECTS ------------------- plant plant TECHNIQUES ---------- watercolour and bodycolour on paper watercolour CATEGORIES ------ category: drawing DATING ------ creation date: 1830 - 1830 creation date earliest: 1830 creation date latest: 1830 culture: 19th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Canton workshop DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: mm value: 408 dimension: Width units: mm value: 578