IDENTIFIERS
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id:	185625
accession number:	4165.11

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Monday 10 October 2011
updated:	Thursday 28 August 2025

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: A watercolour drawing from the album 4165. This image depicts a Qing Empress seated on an ornate throne. The empress wears dark blue robe with elaborate dragon embroidery in gold and bright colors. Her outfit features a red collar over the robe, and the lower part includes multicolored panels with intricate patterns. She wears a cap with a peacock feather. A young attendant stands in front of her, wearing a red robe with blue trim. She presents a piece of jade ruyi, wrapped in brocade, to the empress. Behind the figures is a green screen with intricate cloud and dragon pattern. The throne itself is elaborately decorated with carved dragon motifs in gold and has a red foot stand. 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 furniture's materials, the textiles' intricate designs, and the figures' individual facial characteristics.
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

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/185625





TECHNIQUES
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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
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category: drawing

DATING
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culture:	19th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Sunqua

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: mm
value: 365

dimension: Width
units: mm
value: 256



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