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I have been fortunate to enjoy the benefits of assistance from many colleagues. I

am happy to thank Professor Shi Jingfei at National Taiwan University, Professor Paul

A. Van Dyke, Sun Yat-sen University, Professor Chen Kuo-Tung at Academia Sinica

for their thoughtful comments and advices. I would like to thank Jessica Harrison-

Hall, the Head of China Department, Curator of Percival David Foundation of Chinese

ceramics at the British Museum, for employing me as her volunteer, where I benefited

greatly in formulating my ideas and received curatorial trainings. I thank Dr Y u Peijin,

senior curator of the National Palace Museum for valuable suggestions regarding my

research. I also thank Dr Luisa Mengoni, curator of Chinese ceramics in the Victoria

and Albert Museum, who showed me the Chinese export porcelain collection and

provided me with useful comments.

I would also like to thank my friends, Amy Evans, Ban Ban, Karolina Hutková,

Nicole Chiang, Liu Siran, Hong Xuechong, Lin Simin, Delphine Huang, Chen

Fangshuo, Ivy Chan, Sophie Mu, Zhao Han and many others. I have received

enormous courage and support from you. We shared so many memories, and so much

happiness and surprises together. I will always miss those times we spent together, I

am so grateful to be a friend with you.

My family has been encouraging, supportive and shown belief in me and my work.

I thank my parents, especially my mom. She has encouraged me all these years and I

would not have made it this far without her. My sisters and brother have always

supported me and loved me. I cannot be more grateful to have them in my life.

I thank my grandma Xiurong Dong, who has been with me through my childhood

when my parents were busy with work. She is the type of person I always wanted to

be. She inspired me in so many ways. No matter what has happened, she has always

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