LOT: 157
Seven Pieces of Extremely Rare 'Jing Chang Hao' Pu-er Tea Cake (Big Ticket), Circa 1930s
ESTIMATE:HK$ 5,000,000 - 8,800,000
年份:1930年代
工序:生茶
茶廠:敬昌號茶莊
倉儲:乾倉
數量:一筒七片
總重量:約2244g
The Jing Chang Hao is well preserved, accompanied by a Jing Chang Hao cylinder ticket with white background and green lettering, depicting a tea-picking scene, now faded with time. Established in Qing Dynasty, Jing Chang Hao is also known as "Xin Chang Hao," being the oldest century-old tea estate in Jiangcheng. Jing Chang Hao sourced the finest tea leaves and exports to Vietnam, Thailand, or Hong Kong. It is renowned for its superior manufacturing techniques and top-tier storage methods among all early private tea estates. Seen as the benchmark for Pu-er teas, it is rare to find similar teas with the same exquisite flavor, making this lot extremely valuable.
This lot has been carefully pressed with and aged for nearly a hundred years under dry storage, resulting in a smooth and refined taste. The tea cake features a large ticket with a tea-picking scene and a small inner ticket buried beneath. The flyer is featuring a tea-picking scene with three ancient-style girls carrying baskets, drawn in a white outline style, adorned with a peony pattern border. The exquisite printing is unparalleled, making it highly sought after by tea merchants up to this day. Beneath the flyer, there is an oval-shaped inner ticket with a red imprint. A large size made of glutinous rice paper is used, indicating an earlier version, which makes this lot even more precious.
Even today, it is considered a benchmark for Pu-er tea quality in the Pu-er tea industry, reflecting its esteemed status. Jing Chang Hao uses the finest large-leaf variety of tea trees from the Pu-er mountain region, resulting in plump and shiny leaves with a golden hue. The tea cakes are compressed using stone grinding techniques, with a smooth and uniform appearance. After nearly a century of aging, the tea exudes a delicate smoothness and rich aged aroma.