Men collecting varnish from the Chinese lacquer tree

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Men collecting varnish from the Chinese lacquer tree

Chinese men collecting varnish from the Chinese lacquer tree, Toxicodendron vernicifluum, using bamboo pipes. One man stirs collected varnish in a pan while another eats from a bowl with chopsticks. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon from Henri-Leonard-Jean-Baptiste Bertin and Jean Baptiste Joseph Bretons China, Its Costumes, Arts, Manufactures, etc. Howlett and Brimmer, London, 1824

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Andrea Antoine Arts Bamboo Baptiste Bertin Bowl Breton Cardon Chopsticks Collector Freschi Henri Leonard Jean Baptiste Lacquer Pipe Varnish

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