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Fig. 2.7 Porcelains from the Wanli Shipwreck

Qing regimes, and the sea ban policy in the early Qing Dynasty. The year 1657
marked the end of the exportation of exquisite Jingdezhen porcelain to European
market. After then, VOC turned their focus of ceramic trade to Japan for a period.

2.4 The Maritime Transporting of Porcelain Controlled
by the Koxinga Overseas Trade Group in the Late
Ming and Early Qing Dynasties

During the alternation period of the Ming and Qing dynasties, the emergence of the
Zheng’s family maritime trading group headed by Zheng Zhilong marked the
developed peak of private maritime business at Anhai seaport and the decline of
Yuegang seaport. In Zheng Chenggong period, both Xiamen and Anhai seaports as
the eastern part of the Zhangzhou Bay became more important in the private
maritime trade of southeast China.
From 1646 to 1658, Zheng Chenggong (Koxinga) inherited the authority of his
father Zheng Zhilong in their maritime empire, establishing the economic and
military base at Xiamen. Koxinga controlled the maritime trade of southeast coast
of China and sent junks to trade with Taiwan, Nagasaki and the other seaports of
southeast Asia. He dispatched troops to attack and defeat the Dutch power in