Assorted Flowers: Camellia, Red Spider Lily (Lycoris radiata), Hawthorn, and Bell Flowers
The composition features a varied arrangement of flowers including a pink camellia with layered petals at the center, red spider lilies (Lycoris radiata) with their distinctive curved stamens, white hawthorn, purple bellflowers (Campanula), and yellow flowers at the far right. Each flower is depicted with its characteristic foliage and natural growth patterns. The artwork shows meticulous attention to botanical details, particularly in the rendering of leaf structures, the delicate flower petals, and the distinctive features of each species. The illustration combines scientific accuracy with artistic composition, characteristic of Chinese natural history paintings of this period. This piece exemplifies the careful observation and technical precision typical of Chinese export watercolours, with particular attention paid to the accurate depiction of both primary blooms and secondary floral elements.
Height: 183 mm
Width: 295 mm
Chinese
Chinese export art
Chinese export watercolour
Support composed of pith paper
Watercolour : Watercolour and body colour on pith paper
Accession number: 4205.12
Primary reference Number: 317656
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2025) "Assorted Flowers: Camellia, Red Spider Lily (Lycoris radiata), Hawthorn, and Bell Flowers" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/317656 Accessed: 2025-12-26 05:12:47
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/317656
|title=Assorted Flowers: Camellia, Red Spider Lily (Lycoris radiata), Hawthorn, and Bell Flowers
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2025-12-26 05:12:47|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:
https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-317656
Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...