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A tea plantation in China: workers roll the caper tea into balls. Coloured lithograph.

A tea plantation in China: workers pick the tea leaves. Coloured lithograph.

A tea plantation in China with workers rolling and sifting tea leaves. Gouache painting with oxidization.

A Chinese tea plantation with workers watering, picking and firing the tea. Lithograph by E. Gilks, c. 1850, after B. Clayton after Piqua.

A tea plantation in China: workers roll up and sift the tea leaves. Coloured lithograph.

A tea plantation in China with workers sifting tea leaves. Gouache painting with oxidization.

Six scenes from a Tamil village and neigbouring tea plantation. Coloured pen and ink drawing by J.P. Gulich, c. 1889.

A tea plantation in China with workers heating and drying tea leaves. Gouache painting with oxidization.

A tea plantation in China: workers trimming the tea leaves. Gouache painting with oxidization.

A tea plantation in China with women picking and sifting tea leaves. Gouache painting with oxidization.

Fukien province, China: women tea plantation workers. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.

A tea plantation in China with workers grinding and balling the tea. Gouache painting with oxidization.

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Women tea plantation workers

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Images about Women tea plantation workers

Works from the collections

A tea plantation in China: workers trimming the tea leaves. Gouache painting with oxidization.

A tea plantation in China with workers rolling and sifting tea leaves. Gouache painting with oxidization.

A tea plantation in China with workers heating and drying tea leaves. Gouache painting with oxidization.

A tea plantation in China: workers roll the caper tea into balls. Coloured lithograph.

A Chinese tea plantation with workers watering, picking and firing the tea. Lithograph by E. Gilks, c. 1850, after B. Clayton after Piqua.

Women tea plantation workers

Images from the collections

Images about Women tea plantation workers

Works from the collections

A tea plantation in China: workers trimming the tea leaves. Gouache painting with oxidization.

A tea plantation in China with workers rolling and sifting tea leaves. Gouache painting with oxidization.

A tea plantation in China with workers heating and drying tea leaves. Gouache painting with oxidization.

A tea plantation in China: workers roll the caper tea into balls. Coloured lithograph.

A Chinese tea plantation with workers watering, picking and firing the tea. Lithograph by E. Gilks, c. 1850, after B. Clayton after Piqua.

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