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來源
Violet Herbert 波伊斯女伯爵 (1865-1929) 收藏，
波伊斯城堡，波伊斯，威爾士
Needham’s Antiques Inc.，J. E. Treleaven，紐約，
1964年3月5日
Walter L. Marr III (1932-2014) 收藏，Northbrook，
伊利諾伊州，此後家族傳承
PROPERTY OF A LADY, LAKE FOREST, ILLINOIS
A SET OF TWELVE CHINA TRADE ‘TEA
CULTIVATION’ PAINTINGS
QING DYNASTY, CIRCA 1800
Chinese School, gouache on paper, each depicting various
stages of tea cultivation: tilling, planting the tea sapling,
fertilizing, picking the tea leaves, sorting, sunning, pounding
and drying, % ring the tea, grading, weaving the boxes and
packing, shipping and selling; together with the Countess of
Powis’s bookplate, all framed (13)
Height 15? in., 39 cm; Width 19 in., 48.3 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of Violet Herbert, Countess of Powis (1865-1929),
Powis Castle, Powys, Wales.
Needham’s Antiques Inc., J. E. Treleaven , New York, 5th
March 1964.
Collection of Walter L. Marr III (1932-2014), Northbrook, Illinois
and thence by descent.
Although the concept of tea seems relatively simple—dry leaf
infused in hot water—the manufacture of it is highly nuanced
and complex. In the 18th century, while coveting the desirable
and expensive beverage, Westerners had little to no knowledge
regarding its cultivation and processing.
The set is generally considered to have been painted,
along with sets depicting porcelain and rice production,
around 1790-1800. The late 18th century style and the ‘Tea
Production’ set are discussed in Carl Crossman, The China
Trade, Woodbridge, Su+ olk, 1991, p. 179. The late 18th century
attribution is further aided by a leather-bound set of twelve
‘Tea Production’ paintings, formerly in the collection of Lord
Grenville, who served as Foreign Secretary of England from
1791-1801 and Prime Minister in 1806-7. The album is inscribed
‘Lord Grenville, Chinese Drawings ft. 1803.’ For more on this
group see Pauline Webber, ‘A Souvenir from Guangzhou’ V&A
Conservation Journal, Autumn 2004, no.48, pp 2-4.
