Chinese White Cabbage
1780
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1780
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Chinese White Cabbage is a 1780 paint by Unknown, a Qing Painting work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a detailed image of a Chinese white cabbage. It's part of a set of 24 paintings, each labeled with the Chinese name of the plant. The painting is an example of the interest in foreign flora and fauna during the 18th and 19th centuries. To learn more about similar artworks, look up the museum: Victoria and Albert Museum.
A rectangular watercolour depicts two upright Chinese white cabbages with green-topped leaves against a plain background, one bearing a red accent on the left. Part of a set of 24 botanical paintings, each piece is inscribed with the Chinese name of the depicted plant. The work was acquired from E. Parsons and entered the collection in 1889, as recorded in the Asia Department registers.
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