IDENTIFIERS
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id:	32363
accession number:	PD.132-1973.1

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

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: A watercolour drawing from the album PD.132-1973. This is a Chinese export watercolour depicting an orchid and two chrysanthemums. The orchid stem has several deep magenta bell-shaped flowers and buds in various stages. The blooming chrysanthemums have dense red thin petals. They are supported by a stem with deeply lobed green leaves typical of chrysanthemums. The painting demonstrates the fine brushwork characteristic of Chinese export art from the late 18th or early 19th century, combing traditional Chinese flower-and-bird painting style and Western botanical illustration.
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/32363


SUBJECTS
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plant
plant



TECHNIQUES
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watercolour highlighted with white, on thin paper, tipped in on the cream coloured album sheet
watercolour

CATEGORIES
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category: drawing

DATING
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culture:	19th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Canton workshop

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: mm
value: 378

dimension: Width
units: mm
value: 301