Chinese tea industry, loading tea into boxes

watercolor and gouache

PAINTINGS - WATERCOLORS
marad; paintings
Tinqua (attributed to)
China
Circa 1850
paper
13-3/4 x 17-7/8 in.

Watercolor and gouache, attributed to Tinqua (active 1840-1870); part of series (1970.39-50) depicting Chinese Tea Industry from planting to shipping, c. 1850 or later, No. 11. 2 men under a pavilion are loading tea into boxes; 1 man is putting tea into baskets while a fourth is carrying baskets over his shoulders; 3 men stand or sit before the pavilion weaving covers for the tea boxes; river and mountains in the background; sheds on both sides of the pavilion.

1970.49