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| Chinese Export Lacquer Tea Chest
with Scenes of Tea Preparation and Trading Circa 1820 |
A Chinese Export Lacquer tea chest
with scenes of tea preparation and trading. The names of the
different varieties of tea written on the boxes. These include
both green and black teas.
There are such poetic names as
"water fairy" and "harmonious gem" as well as
more familiar tea names such as oolong. On one side of the
tea boxes there is a drawing suggesting five bats, a symbol of
good fortune.
It measures 9 inches wide by
6 inches deep and it is 5 inches high including feet:
22cm wide by 13cm deep by 18cm
high.
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lung jing -- dragon well -- a very
expensive large green leaf tea.
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shui xian -- Water fairy
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flowers
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mei shou -- leaves of longevity
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oolong --
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liu an -- six harmony tea.
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ching mei --Green plum
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(san) hao -- a blend.
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| Detail of back: |
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liu an -- six harmony tea.
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shui xian -- Water fairy
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flowers
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chaa -- black tea from the red color of the
infusion.
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lung jing -- dragon well -- a very
expensive large green leaf tea.
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oolong --
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mei shou -- leaves of longevity
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(san) hao -- a blend.
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| Detail left: |
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mei shou -- leaves of longevity
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glorious flowers |
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lung jing -- dragon well -- a very
expensive large green leaf tea.
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canopy yellow |
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ching mei --Green plum
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| Detail Right: |
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mei shou -- leaves of longevity
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glorious flowers
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lung jing -- dragon well -- a very
expensive large green leaf tea.
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chang yu
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ching mei --Green plum
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woo how -- five blend
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| Detail
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shui xian -- Water fairy
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mei shou -- leaves of longevity
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glorious flowers
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ching mei --Green plum
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lung jing -- dragon well -- a very
expensive large green leaf tea.
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liu an -- six harmony tea.
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oolong --
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woo how -- five blend
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