IDENTIFIERS
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id:	23106
accession number:	PD.264-1973

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

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: This is a Chinese export watercolour depicting two white egrets in a waterside setting. The birds have pale, cream-colored plumage and long, grey beaks. One bird is shown with its wings partially spread, appearing to have caught a small fish, while the other stands upright in shallow water. The scene is set at a water side, with a sandy shoreline and plants. There are yellow flowers with green standing tall on the right side and smaller blue flowers in the lower left. The background softly transitions between muted blues, greens, and sandy hues. The painting is executed in the style typical of Chinese export art from around the late 18th or early 19th century, combining traditional Chinese brushwork with Western watercolour.  Previously described as “storks catching fish with two different sorts of flowers”.
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/23106


SUBJECTS
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plant
plant



TECHNIQUES
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watercolour and bodycolour on paper
watercolour

CATEGORIES
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category: drawing

DATING
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creation date:	1830 - 1830
creation date earliest:	1830
creation date latest:	1830
culture:	19th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Canton workshop

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: mm
value: 416

dimension: Width
units: mm
value: 580