Sampling the tea; Six Dutch men (turban on; big noses) judge (smelling) the tea from wicker baskets in a Chinese warehouse in Canton; in the foreground a spotted dog. The show at the top closed off by the edge of a roof. Part of a group of four gouaches about the production and export of Chinese tea by the VOC around 1750; China; Canton; Dutch East India Company; anonymous; c. 1770; paper; deck paint; gouache (paint); drawing; h 313 mm x w 250 mm