IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 32419 accession number: PD.133-1973.10 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Thursday 28 August 2025 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: This is a Chinese export watercolour depicting Canna indica, commonly known as Indian shot or canna lily. The striking coral-red flower emerges from the top of a sturdy green stem, showing the distinctive asymmetrical petals and prominent stamens. The blooms have narrow, pointed petals that create the plant's exotic tropical appearance. The large, broad leaves have parallel venation and elliptical shape. Next to the flower is a spherical brown seed pod with a textured surface. A Chinese inscription at the lower left corner reads “shuijiaohua水蕉花”, Indian shot. 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/32419 SUBJECTS ------------------- plant plant TECHNIQUES ---------- watercolour and bodycolour with some white on thin paper, backed with second sheet, and both tipped in on the album sheet watercolour CATEGORIES ------ category: drawing DATING ------ CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown