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Tea warehouse in Canton Illustration.

China: Trade, Politics and Culture, 1793-1980 Available online

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Format:
Image
Contributor:
British Library, owner.
Language:
No linguistic content
Subjects (All):
Tea trade.
Warehouses.
Watercolor painting.
China--Guangzhou.
Genre:
Illustrated works
Physical Description:
1 online resource (1 image)
Production:
[Place of production not identified] : [producer not identified], 1790.
Summary:
In a large warehouse, Chinese porters are carrying cylindrical baskets of tea from a store-room on the left and emptying the contents in a great heap on the right. Three Europeans examine the tea whilst another talks to a Chinese overseer. Watercolour on paper.
Notes:
Reference: c0670-08
Title from publisher's website.
Description based on publisher metadata (last viewed November 19, 2025).

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