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CHAPTER 3 Enamelled Porcelain Consumption in Eighteenth-century China
Figure 3-12 Placing orders, fixing the price.
Album leaf, 19 x 20 cm. Watercolour on paper, c.1750s.
Photo Courtesy of Hong Kong Maritime Museum
When the transaction was fully completed, the porcelain broker would also need
to provide a packing and transportation service. To cover these services, the porcelain
broker charged commission from the buyer. Hermann describes the activities of
porcelain brokers in the 1920s, which specialised in dealing with buyers from the same
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