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[Zhongguo gu dai cha ye sheng chan zhi zuo yu mao yi tu ji = Album of Chinese watercolours depicting the production of tea and the tea trade]
[中國古代茶葉生產制作與貿易圖集 = Album of Chinese watercolours depicting the production of tea and the tea trade]
Bib ID 6614119
Format PicturePicture, OnlineOnline [still image, volume]
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Description [Canton?] : [publisher not identified], [1840?] 
1 album (12 unnumbered paintings) : watercolour ; 25 x 37 cm 
Series

Pith painting and trade art collections.

Summary

A set of 12 watercolour paintings describing the process of tea production. Each page shows a stage in the production process, such as, preparing the ground and planting tea bushes, picking tea leaves, separating and drying, selecting and packing, selling and tasting the tea.

Full contents
  • [1]. Kai ken = Preparing ground for planting tea bushes
  • [2]. Zhong cha = Planting tea bushes
  • [3]. Cai cha = Picking tea leaves
  • [4]. Shai xuan cha ye = Separating tea leaves
  • [5]. Hong cha = Drying tea
  • [6]. Tiao jian cha = Selecting tea
  • [7]. Ru xiang = Packing tea for transport
  • [8]. Mai cha = Selling tea
  • [9]. Cheng cha = Weighing tea
  • [10]. Zhuang cha = Packing tea
 
  • [1]. 開墾 = Preparing ground for planting tea bushes
  • [2]. 種茶 = Planting tea bushes
  • [3]. 採茶 = Picking tea leaves
  • [4]. 篩選茶葉 = Separating the tea leaves
  • [5]. 烘茶 = Drying tea
  • [6]. 挑揀茶 = Selecting tea
  • [7]. 入箱 = Packing tea for transport
  • [8]. 賣茶 = Selling tea
  • [9]. 秤茶 = Weighing tea
  • [10]. 裝茶 = Packing tea
 
Notes

Original painting on pith paper.

Title devised by cataloguer based on the images.

Watercolour on pith paper backed on plain mianlin paper, pasted down with blue silk ribbon; twelve pages bound in cardboard covered with dark red brocaded silk.

Original produced in Canton at the workshop of Youqua?

Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-133855840

Subjects China trade watercolor painting.  |  Watercolor painting, Chinese -- 19th century.  |  Tea -- China -- Pictorial works.  |  Tea trade -- China -- 19th century -- Pictorial works.
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Album of Chinese watercolours depicting the production of tea and the tea trade

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