Rosa indica and White Plum Blossom
A watercolour drawing from the album PD.132-1973. This is a Chinese export watercolour depicting two flowering branches. On the left is Rosa indica with deep crimson red flowers, featuring five petals surrounding white central stamens. Three fully opened red blooms are visible, along with several buds covered with reddish sepals. On the right is a white plum branch. These small white flowers in clusters grow directly from the branch. Some buds remain unopened. The painting demonstrates the fine brushwork characteristic of Chinese export art from the late 18th or early 19th century, combing traditional Chinese flower-and-bird painting style and Western botanical illustration.
Height: 298 mm
Width: 375 mm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1973) by Fairhaven, Henry Rogers Broughton
Chinese
Chinese export art
Chinese export watercolour
Watercolour
Bodycolour
White bodycolour
Support composed of paper
Watercolour : Watercolour, bodycolour and white on thin paper, tipped in on the cream coloured album sheet
Accession number: PD.132-1973.4
Primary reference Number: 32388
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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