Gallery

From paddy to pot: tea from China

The combo of boiled water and young tea leaves has been known in China since 2.700 BC. A medicinal drink at first, tea soon became the center of a unique cultural practice. This gallery takes a sip from the rich history of tea cultivation.

Curated by @sofietaes

26 items

Sampling the tea

Rijksmuseum

A tea plantation in China with workers sifting tea leaves. Gouache painting with oxidizati…

Wellcome Collection

Thee

Rijksmuseum

Het fijn knippen en sorteren van de thee

Rijksmuseum

Determining the weight of the tea chests

Rijksmuseum

Three rafts lead tea downstream

Chinese (copy after)

The Albertina Museum

Fünf Männer dörren Tee über dem Herdfeuer

Chinese (copy after)

The Albertina Museum

Two men cleaning the tea at the stream water

Chinese (copy after)

The Albertina Museum

Reklameschild-Entwurf "HO Tee aus China - Volkschinas gepflegter Tee Importware des Friede…

Stiftung Domäne Dahlem - Estate and Museum

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Two pictures: a Chinese man with his tea pot and workers harvesting tea. Etching with engr…

Wellcome Collection

Einstampfen des Tees in große Körbe

Chinese (copy after)

The Albertina Museum

Tee verpacken für den Export

Ethnological Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Kiinalaisia teenpuhdistustyössä

Finnish Heritage Agency

A tea plantation in China with workers grinding and balling the tea. Gouache painting with…

Wellcome Collection

A Chinese tea plantation with workers watering, picking and firing the tea. Lithograph by …

Piqua

Wellcome Collection

A tea plantation in China with women picking and sifting tea leaves. Gouache painting with…

Wellcome Collection

A Chinese tea plantation with workers cleaning the racks on which the leaves are laid. Col…

Wellcome Collection

A tea plantation in China with workers carrying and picking out tea leaves. Gouache painti…

Wellcome Collection

A tea plantation in China with workers heating and drying tea leaves. Gouache painting wit…

Wellcome Collection

A tea plantation in China with workers packing the tea into boxes. Gouache painting with o…

Wellcome Collection

A Chinese tea plantation with workers carrying and firing the tea. Engraving by A. Willmor…

Thomas Allom

Wellcome Collection

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