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Interior of the Tea Taster’s Office, Wetmore & Company’s Hong (Imperial Factory #1 in Guangzhou)

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Date

c.1835-1843

Artist

Warner Varnham (1756-1827)

Collection

Peabody Essex Museum

Acknowledgements

Bridgeman Images

Description

When this watercolour was painted, tea was China’s most valuable export and Chinese specialists worked for foreign merchants in the Hong warehouses to ensure that the leaves were of the highest quality. This is a rare view of the tea tasting room in Wetmore & Company’s Hong in Imperial Factory #1 that was located in the district of Guangzhou known as the Thirteen Factories. Today, this area is Guangzhou Cultural Park._x000D_
Watercolour and ink on paper.

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Location

Thirteen Hongs of Canton (Thirteen Factories), Shisanhang Road, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China

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