The tea has been spilled. Was the tea party interrupted? This still life features a Chinese famille-rose porcelain tea set on a painted tin tray, meant to imitate Asian lacquer. The artist even captured the pale greenish-brown hue of the tea left in one of the cups. This helps us identify it as Bohea, the 18th-century trade name of an Oolong tea imported from China. More on the way artworks documented and captured the rise in popularity of tea time at the #Linkinbio. . . 🏷: #NationalTeaDay #Liotard #StillLife #Art