IDENTIFIERS
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id:	23108
accession number:	PD.266-1973

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 mandarin ducks (Aix galericulata) by a lotus pond. The male duck, standing on the ground by the pond, displays its characteristic ornate plumage with distinctive brown, blue, and white markings, while the female in the water shows more subdued brown colouring with scaled patterns. Both birds are rendered with careful attention to their distinctive features, including the male's decorative crest and the female's more modest patterning. The scene features a prominent pink lotus flower in full bloom at the right side, accompanied by large round lotus leaves (lily pads) in rich green with visible vein patterns. The water is depicted with a stylized wave pattern in pale blue-grey tones. The ground is depicted in subtle earth tones with mossy dots. The painting uses fine, detailed brushwork typical of Chinese export art from the late 18th or early 19th century, combining traditional Chinese bird-and-flower painting style with Western watercolour. Previously described as “waterlilies and two ducks, one in the water, the other on the land”.
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/23108


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:	1820 - 1820
creation date earliest:	1820
creation date latest:	1820
culture:	19th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Canton workshop

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: mm
value: 404

dimension: Width
units: mm
value: 572



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