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Transporting clay bricks, late 18th century

Hong Kong Maritime Museum

Hong Kong Maritime Museum
Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Both baidunzi and kaolin could be mined from the mountains in Qimen, Anhui Province, which moulded into bricks for shipment to Jingdezhen.

Details

  • Title: Transporting clay bricks, late 18th century
  • Location Created: Canton
  • Physical Dimensions: 19 x 20 cm
  • Original Language: Chinese
  • Provenance: Gift of Susan Chen Hardy
  • Transcript:
    賣土 Two seals「檢」「尚」
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  • Type: Painting
  • Rights: ©Hong Kong Maritime Museum
  • Medium: Watercolour on paper
  • physical format: Album leaf framed
  • object id: HKMM2012.0101.0008

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