Red Peony (Paeonia lactiflora) and Bleeding Heart (Lamprocapnos spectabilis)
A watercolour drawing from the album PD.132-1973. This is a Chinese export watercolour depicting a red peony (Paeonia lactiflora) and bleeding heart (Lamprocapnos spectabilis). The composition shows a fully opened red peony bloom with densely layered petals on the left, accompanied by characteristic dark green compound leaves. On the right, the arching stems of bleeding heart display their distinctive pink heart-shaped pendant flowers hanging in drooping clusters, with compound foliage. 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.
Height: 298 mm
Width: 374 mm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1973) by Fairhaven, Henry Rogers Broughton
Chinese
Chinese export art
Chinese export watercolour
Support composed of paper
Watercolour : Watercolour heightened with white on thin paper, tipped in on the cream coloured album sheet
Accession number: PD.132-1973.10
Primary reference Number: 32394
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) "Red Peony (Paeonia lactiflora) and Bleeding Heart (Lamprocapnos spectabilis)" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/32394 Accessed: 2025-12-07 09:31:06
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/32394
|title=Red Peony (Paeonia lactiflora) and Bleeding Heart (Lamprocapnos spectabilis)
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2025-12-07 09:31:06|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-32394
Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...