A spray of old roses and Bermuda grass
Draughtsman: Canton workshop
A watercolour drawing from the album PD.132-1973. This is a Chinese export watercolour depicting a flowering rose branch. Three pink roses are featured: one deep rose-pink bloom at the top left, a medium pink fully opened rose in the lower center, and a lighter pink rose on the far right. There are several thorns on the stem. The plant displays the characteristic compound leaves of roses; some leaves show brown edges. 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.
Height: 377 mm
Width: 299 mm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1973) by Fairhaven, Henry Rogers Broughton
Chinese
Chinese export art
Chinese export watercolour
Watercolour
White bodycolour
Graphite
Support composed of paper
Watercolour : Watercolour heightened with white, over traces of graphite , on thin paper, tipped in on the cream coloured album sheet
Accession number: PD.132-1973.2
Primary reference Number: 32386
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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