IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 185617 accession number: 4165.3 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Monday 10 October 2011 updated: Thursday 23 January 2025 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: This image depicts two Qing ladies in a domestic setting. On a chair made of twig, the seated lady wears an elaborate dress that features a blue and multi-coloured patterned robe with pleated skirt panels. Her turquoise headdress is made with kingfisher feathers. She is reading a book and showing it to her maid standing next by. The maid wears a simpler orange and black outfit and holds a round fan painted with bamboo. In the background, there is a wooden table with a blue vase containing yellow chrysanthemums and a dish of Buddha's hand. The painting is executed in the style typical of Chinese export art from around the late 18th or early 19th century, with careful attention to details in the clothing, furniture, and domestic objects. The style combines Chinese painting techniques with elements designed to appeal to Western tastes, particularly in the detailed rendering of the figures' elaborate costumes and the interior setting accessories. Previously described as "woman with a book". title: drawing LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/185617 TECHNIQUES ---------- watercolour, bodycolour, and ink with heightening in white, gold and silver on pith paper, laid down with with strips of blue silk-covered paper drawing CATEGORIES ------ category: drawing DATING ------ creation date: 1830 - 1870 creation date earliest: 1830 creation date latest: 1870 culture: 19th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Sunqua DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: mm value: 365 dimension: Width units: mm value: 256 IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp82/4165_283_29_201106_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 1025 pixels width: 728 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp82/mid_4165_283_29_201106_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 704 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp82/4165_283_29_201106_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 1025 pixels width: 728 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp82/preview_4165_283_29_201106_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 352 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/604/265/large_4165_3__201106_amt49_mas.jpg height: 1365 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/604/265/mid_4165_3__201106_amt49_mas.jpg height: 667 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/4165(3)_201106_amt49_mas.tif surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/604/265/preview_4165_3__201106_amt49_mas.jpg height: 333 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: zoom format: pyramid tiff location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/604/265/4165_3__201106_amt49_mas.ptif height: 5344 pixels width: 4008 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/604/587/large_4165_3__201106_amt49_dc1.jpg height: 1442 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/604/587/mid_4165_3__201106_amt49_dc1.jpg height: 704 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/604/587/4165_3__201106_amt49_dc1.jpg height: 5152 pixels width: 3659 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/604/587/preview_4165_3__201106_amt49_dc1.jpg height: 352 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: zoom format: pyramid tiff location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/604/587/4165_3__201106_amt49_dc1.ptif height: 5152 pixels width: 3659 pixels