China Trade Painting - Tea Series

The transport of tea. The tea chests and packets produced in the various Chinese provinces were transported by river to the trading posts in Canton, from where they were exported to the West.
China Trade paintings were made for the export market from the late 18th to the mid-19th century.
Joana Belard da Fonseca, in the Catalogue Portuguese Presence in Asia, Museu do Oriente, 2008, p. 161