1592996215000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-32410 1756404192293 1756398500000 1756404187866 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-32410 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/32410 63ec733b-447a-358e-8331-7bb53d0d134e 7 reference term-97946 adlib-term-97946 388f10ba-526c-32ab-869a-65750eb7faac drawing reference term-147663 adlib-term-147663 dba3a4f7-8557-3dcb-9f8c-448db099b329 Broughton Collection reference term-106206 adlib-term-106206 da969d02-66a2-3e51-8dde-d1d8613f2ff6 paper Support Height mm 318 Width mm 397 Paper Paintings, Drawings and Prints This is a Chinese export watercolour depicting an iris (Iris species). The illustration features a single plant with two opened iris flowers displaying the characteristic form with six petals - three upright standards and three drooping falls. The flowers show blue outer petals with yellow and pink centers, and pink buds are visible on the flowering stem. The plant displays the typical sword-like leaves of iris, long and narrow with parallel venation, rendered in various shades of green. Some leaves show yellowing at the tips, indicating natural aging. The plant grows from a visible rhizome at the base with fibrous roots extending below. A Chinese inscription at the lower right corner reads “yegan hua射干花”, iris. 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. PD.133-1973.1 1 accession number PD.133-1973.1 32410 priref 32410 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/32410 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/32410 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum reference agent-43290 adlib-agent-43290 9e208d53-170d-3efe-a3e3-34f99563d005 Fairhaven, Henry Rogers Broughton 1973 1973 1973 bequeathed reference agent-209819 adlib-agent-209819 9e33662d-f007-37cf-b08a-3b352982e58d Canton workshop reference term-106853 adlib-term-106853 25492eb4-1164-35eb-8dce-3601486f3415 19th Century reference term-106211 adlib-term-106211 a643b236-c3c1-3854-ba79-8c4da8aa6dfc watercolour reference term-106241 adlib-term-106241 ad99470e-9e8a-379d-8a5c-f2ab49864f4b bodycolour reference term-107883 adlib-term-107883 35fa6db9-d6ed-3364-b61b-1b5e2193575e white bodycolour reference term-97946 adlib-term-97946 388f10ba-526c-32ab-869a-65750eb7faac drawing reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum reference term-8815 adlib-term-8815 d3abddec-eb50-3239-8d87-7fe37b5dee27 Chinese reference term-147625 adlib-term-147625 2914c5fd-f9db-331c-b324-afa3257924e0 Chinese export art reference term-147704 adlib-term-147704 fba0aee4-172e-38d0-93df-2363af8dbf76 Chinese export watercolour reference term-58201 adlib-term-58201 16bd0e86-9f1c-3718-b3c8-1fb4dd03c3a6 plant literal plant plant

reference term-97946 adlib-term-97946 388f10ba-526c-32ab-869a-65750eb7faac drawing

drawing watercolour and some bodycolour heightened with white on thin paper, backed with second sheet, and both tipped in on the album sheet reference term-106211 adlib-term-106211 a643b236-c3c1-3854-ba79-8c4da8aa6dfc watercolour object OBJECT