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A tea plantation in China: workers roll the caper tea into balls. Coloured lithograph.

A tea plantation in China: workers pick the tea leaves. Coloured lithograph.

A tea plantation in China with workers rolling and sifting tea leaves. Gouache painting with oxidization.

A Chinese tea plantation with workers watering, picking and firing the tea. Lithograph by E. Gilks, c. 1850, after B. Clayton after Piqua.

A tea plantation in China: workers roll up and sift the tea leaves. Coloured lithograph.

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

Six scenes from a Tamil village and neigbouring tea plantation. Coloured pen and ink drawing by J.P. Gulich, c. 1889.

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

A tea plantation in China: workers trimming the tea leaves. Gouache painting with oxidization.

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

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A tea plantation in China: workers trimming the tea leaves. Gouache painting with oxidization.

A tea plantation in China with workers rolling and sifting tea leaves. Gouache painting with oxidization.

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

A tea plantation in China: workers roll the caper tea into balls. Coloured lithograph.

A Chinese tea plantation with workers watering, picking and firing the tea. Lithograph by E. Gilks, c. 1850, after B. Clayton after Piqua.