IDENTIFIERS
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id:	32388
accession number:	PD.132-1973.4

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 two flowering branches. On the left is Rosa indica with deep crimson red flowers, featuring five petals surrounding white central stamens. Three fully opened red blooms are visible, along with several buds covered with reddish sepals. On the right is a white plum branch. These small white flowers in clusters grow directly from the branch. Some buds remain unopened. 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/32388


SUBJECTS
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plant
plant



TECHNIQUES
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watercolour, bodycolour and 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: 298

dimension: Width
units: mm
value: 375