Dish with a scene of tea cultivation (one of a pair) ca. 1740–45 Chinese, for European, probably Dutch, market This dish depicts several stages in the production of metal canisters intended to contain tea. These cylindrical containers were used to transport tea to Canton, where it was repacked in metal-lined wooden chests for shipment to Europe and Dish with a scene of tea cultivation (one of a pair). Chinese, for European, probably Dutch, market. ca. 1740–45. Hard-paste porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware). Ceramics-Porcelain-Export

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