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Chinese School, 19th Century
Lot 99

Chinese School, 19th Century

The Cultivation, Preparation and Shipping of Tea

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Chinese School, 19th Century
The Cultivation, Preparation and Shipping of Tea
122 pen and ink drawings illustrating the manufacture of tea from its cultivation to sale, on 120 leaves bound in French folds, the majority unopened, the drawings on rectos with versos blank, the drawings 275 x 280mm, all titled in Chinese and English, in an oblong 4° album (276 x 302mm), with original fuschia Chinese paper wrappers

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A comprehensive pictorial description of every stage in the process, with drawings including 'Put down the teas seed on the field', 'Plough the tea', 'To dip the dung on the tea tree', 'Take care the tea tree', 'The carpenter made the tea box', 'Write the boxes name', 'Carry & remove to ware house', 'Tea going down the boat', 'Visitor of tea man', 'From boat go on shop', 'Pick out the green tea', 'Look and taste the tea', 'Shop the tea is for sell'.