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Object Number 28-11-60/D3220
Display Title Chinese "brick" tea
Descriptions
Inventory Description Tea, dried tea leaves formed into brick, Chinese character stamp one side
Classification
  • Plant fiber
Department Ethnographic
Date early 20th Century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China / Shanxi
Materials Tea leaf
Dimensions Overall: 23 x 15 x 2 cm (9 1/16 x 5 7/8 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D-; -3220; -3220; Tea.
Provenance
Collector Dr. Arthur K. Loveridge (1912-1921)
Seller Dr. Arthur K. Loveridge (1928)

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