Japanese tea ceremony with four women.
Category
Photographs
Date
1870 - 1900
Materials
Paper
Measurements
Image size 89 x 134 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520767.9
Summary
A hand-coloured albumen print photograph in landscape format, depicting a Japanese tea ceremony. There are four Japanese women in traditional dress, kneeling on the floor on a woven mat, having tea. In the centre is a large tea ceremony box, some tea cups and a tray are on the floor. In the background can be seen a traditional Japanese panelled room and a painted box or screen.
Provenance
Part of the Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986