Lot 128

CHINESE ALBLUM OF ELEVEN LEAVES 'TEA PRODCUTION AND TEA TRADE' PITH PAINTINGS
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY




























Auction: 07 November 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
清 外銷通草紙畫製茶、茶貿易及運茶船圖 畫冊(共十一幅)
gouache on pith paper, eight depicting various stages of tea production and tea trade, including one where foreign merchants are trading with the local, buying crates of tea being weighed up on a large scale, three of junks for the tea trade, mounted with ribbon to paper leaves, brocade-covered cardboard covers (11)
Dimensions
15.7cm x 25.5cm each; album: 25.6cm x 36.4cm
Footnote
Compare to a set of ten Chinese export school pith paintings depicting tea cultivation and trading, Qing dynasty, ca. 1850, sold at Bonhams London, 19 May 2025, lot 522.
參一組十幅水粉紙本採茶圖,約一八五零年,2025年5月19日售於倫敦邦翰斯,拍品522。



























