Painting
19th century (made)
| Place of origin |
painting, rectangular, depicting a boat. The boat has a semi-circle cabin and a pointed bow in rust-red. The mast is tall and heavily stringed, though the sail is tied up. A green kite flies from the sail, decorated with a face. A secondary face decoration can be seen at the stern.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolours on paper |
| Brief description | Painting, three of eleven, watercolours on paper, China, 19th century |
| Physical description | painting, rectangular, depicting a boat. The boat has a semi-circle cabin and a pointed bow in rust-red. The mast is tall and heavily stringed, though the sail is tied up. A green kite flies from the sail, decorated with a face. A secondary face decoration can be seen at the stern. |
| Dimensions |
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| Content description | Chinese export watercolours |
| Object history | Orignially in a folio, part of a series numbered 9126:1 to 11. |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | 9126:3 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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