Scope and content
Late Qing dynasty scrolls with vivid descriptions on the culture and shipment of tea. Painting 7 shows a western person arriving at a tea agency, with laborers carrying packed tea onto a ship. Scroll 8 shows a ship with a flag, possibly United States.
Scope and content
8 scrolls.
Dates
- Undated
Language of Material
In Chinese.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
These scrolls are tied in a very specific manner. Before untying for viewing make sure that the knots can be replicated properly..
Biographical / Historical
The paintings have neither inscriptions nor seals.
Extent
0.5 cubic feet. (0.5 cubic feet. col. ill. ;, 41 x 143 cm., mounted to 44 x 161 paper.)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)