1592995976000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-23121 1756404191763 1756397914000 1756404187712 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-23121 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/23121 ce1d4e8e-6829-3b31-97bd-998566106843 7 reference term-97946 adlib-term-97946 388f10ba-526c-32ab-869a-65750eb7faac drawing reference term-147663 adlib-term-147663 dba3a4f7-8557-3dcb-9f8c-448db099b329 Broughton Collection reference term-106206 adlib-term-106206 da969d02-66a2-3e51-8dde-d1d8613f2ff6 paper Support Paintings, Drawings and Prints This is a Chinese export watercolour depicting Chinese New Year flower (Enkianthus quinqueflora) with insects. The illustration features several branching stems with distinctive drooping, bell-shaped flowers in white with pink stripes. The flowers hang in small clusters from the brown stems. The pink markings radiate from the centre of each bloom, and several brown seed pods are visible at the tips of branches where flowers have finished blooming. The plant displays oval-shaped green leaves arranged along the stems, typical of Enkianthus. The leaves are rendered with careful attention to their natural texture and arrangement. Three insects are depicted around the flowers: a large brown butterfly with striped wing patterns on the left side; a dragonfly with transparent wings and a green-tinted body hovering at the top right; and a bee near the centre. 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. Previously described as “flower in bud and in bloom on the stem, surrounded by butterflies and insects”. PD.279-1973 1 accession number PD.279-1973 23121 priref 23121 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/23121 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/23121 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum reference agent-43290 adlib-agent-43290 9e208d53-170d-3efe-a3e3-34f99563d005 Fairhaven, Henry Rogers Broughton 1973 1973 1973 bequeathed draughtsman reference agent-209819 adlib-agent-209819 9e33662d-f007-37cf-b08a-3b352982e58d Canton workshop reference term-106853 adlib-term-106853 25492eb4-1164-35eb-8dce-3601486f3415 19th Century reference term-128516 adlib-term-128516 a7e60cca-458e-39da-9d9f-07698e4158eb literal China China country literal Guangdong Guangdong region Guangzhou Height mm 432 Width mm 300 reference term-106241 adlib-term-106241 ad99470e-9e8a-379d-8a5c-f2ab49864f4b bodycolour reference term-97946 adlib-term-97946 388f10ba-526c-32ab-869a-65750eb7faac drawing 1 reference object-23120 adlib-object-23120 cd31a155-42b5-3563-b4bc-1bf4f5c75ab7

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