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Fine Cutting and Sorting of the Tea
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Fine Cutting and Sorting of the Tea

anonymous · c. 1770 · drawing; paper; deck paint; gouache (paint)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Behind two tables on a veranda four Chinese women are busy cutting (chopping) the tea. Further on the veranda a child and a woman with a flat basket with tea. In front of the building two seated figures, also busy with tea. Part of a group of four gouaches on the production and export of Chinese tea by the VOC around 1750.

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drawingVerenigde Oostindische Compagnietea (leaves)control of qualityChina
Credit lineHet fijn knippen en sorteren van de thee. c. 1770. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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