IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 32411 accession number: PD.133-1973.2 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Thursday 28 August 2025 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: This is a Chinese export watercolour depicting cockscomb (Celosia cristata). The illustration features a single plant with the characteristic crested flower head displaying the distinctive brain coral-like or rooster's comb appearance in deep red-pink coloration. The flower head shows the typical convoluted, ruffled form with numerous small individual flowers densely packed together. The plant displays opposite leaves arranged along the sturdy green stem. The leaves are oval-shaped with pointed tips and prominent venation, rendered in various shades of green with reddish-brown edges and tips, showing the natural coloration variation typical of cockscomb foliage. The painting demonstrates the fine brushwork characteristic of Chinese export art from the late 18th or early 19th century, combining traditional Chinese flower-and-bird painting style and Western botanical illustration. 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/32411 SUBJECTS ------------------- plant plant TECHNIQUES ---------- watercolour heightened with white on thin paper, backed with second sheet, and both tipped in on the album sheet watercolour CATEGORIES ------ category: drawing DATING ------ culture: 19th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Canton workshop DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: mm value: 319 dimension: Width units: mm value: 400