[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:
- Picture
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Description:
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- [Canton?] : [publisher not identified], [1840?]
- 1 album (12 unnumbered paintings) : watercolour ; 25 x 37 cm
- Series:
- Pith painting and trade art collections.
- Summary:
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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:
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- [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
- [11]. Feng xiang = Sealing tea boxes
- [12]. Pin cha = Tasting.
- [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
- [11]. 封箱 = Sealing tea boxes
- [12]. 品茶 = Tasting.
- Notes:
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- 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
- Subject:
- Also Titled:
- Album of Chinese watercolours depicting the production of tea and the tea trade
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Since 1910 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Artistic
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1840
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