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Tea chests

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  • A tea plantation in China: workers load boxes of tea for export onto rafts. Gouache, China, 1800/1850.
  • A tea plantation in China: workers are shown weaving baskets. Gouache, China, 1800/1850.
  • A tea plantation in China: tea is shown being weighed, while workers tread down congou tea into chests and a man in Western dress converses with a senior plantation worker. Gouache, China, 1800/1850.
  • A tea plantation in China with workers packing the tea into boxes. Gouache painting with oxidization.
  • A tea plantation in China: workers make tea chests. Coloured aquatint, early 19th century.
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    A tea plantation in China: workers tread down congou tea into chests. Coloured lithograph.

    | Date: [approximately 1800] | Reference: 25238i
    Part of: A tea plantation in China
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    A tea plantation in China: workers make tea chests. Coloured aquatint, early 19th century.

    | Reference: 25268i
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    A tea plantation in China: tea is shown being weighed, while workers tread down congou tea into chests and a man in Western dress converses with a senior plantation worker. Gouache, China, 1800/1850.

    | Date: 1800-1850 | Reference: 567954i
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    A tea plantation in China with workers packing the tea into boxes. Gouache painting with oxidization.

    | Reference: 25248i
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    A tea plantation in China: workers load boxes of tea for export onto rafts. Gouache, China, 1800/1850.

    | Date: 1800-1850 | Reference: 567957i
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