Lot 288 , An album of eleven Chinese ‘tea production and trading’ pith paintings, Guangzhou, mid 19th century, Album 25.5 cm X 37 cm, Some losses

An album of eleven Chinese ‘tea production and trading’ pith paintings, Guangzhou, mid 19th century,
including scenes of tea production, European traders with Chinese tea producers and junk boats on rivers, largest images 15.5 x 26 cm,
Album 25.5 cm X 37 cm, Some losses
£300-500

Condition:
The brocade cover is worn especially at the corners. All pages are now loose. Page one is badly damaged. Page 2 has a small tear to the left of the image, page 3 has a hole in the top right hand corner and is a little shit around the edges, page 4 has a vertical tear to the right hand side of the image, page 5 is in reasonable condition, page 6 has some slight chipping around the very edges of the paper, page 7 with a view of people in the Customs house has some minor holes to the outer part of the paper, page 8 has a tear through the image of a junk boat, page 9 has a hole to the image of farmers, page 10 is the largest image of a junk boat has a small hole upper left , page 11 of a junk boat has some creasing and slight staining otherwise reasonable condition.

Sold for £2,600