IDENTIFIERS
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id:	32389
accession number:	PD.132-1973.5

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Thursday 28 August 2025

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: A watercolour drawing from the album PD.132-1973. This is a Chinese export watercolour depicting two orange-red lilies and a bunch of rockroses. There are two fully bloomed lilies with six red petals each, and prominent stamens extending from the center. The flowers are shown from different angles, with one facing more toward the viewer and another positioned higher and to the right. The lilies have long, curving leaves radiating from the base. At the lower left corner, there are clusters of white flowers. Each has five white petals, tinged at the edges with pale pink, and a central corona of yellow stamens. 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.
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
collection:	Broughton Collection

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/32389


SUBJECTS
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plant
plant



TECHNIQUES
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watercolour and white on thin paper, tipped in on the cream coloured album sheet
watercolour

CATEGORIES
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category: drawing

DATING
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culture:	19th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Canton workshop

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: mm
value: 300

dimension: Width
units: mm
value: 378