Dish with a scene of tea cultivation (one of a pair)

Chinese, for European, probably Dutch, market

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 201

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 elsewhere.

Dish with a scene of tea cultivation (one of a pair), Hard-paste porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware), Chinese, for European, probably Dutch, market

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Dish with a scene of tea cultivation (one of a pair), Hard-paste porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware), Chinese, for European, probably Dutch, market
Dish with a scene of tea cultivation (one of a pair), Hard-paste porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware), Chinese, for European, probably Dutch, market

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