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CHAPTER 6 A New Context of Porcelain Trade 1760-1770

Imported pieces of enamelled porcleain by the

VOC (pieces)

400000
350000
300000
250000
200000
150000
100000

50000
0
1750 1752 1755 1758 1760 1762 1764 1766 1768 1770 1772 1774 1776 1778 1780

Figure 6-3 Porcelain trade of the VOC 1750-1780. Source: Appendix B.

Imported enamelled porcelain pieces by the
EEIC(pieces)
600000

500000

400000
300000

200000

100000
0
1750 1751 1753 1759 1761 1774 1777
-100000

Figure 6-4 Imported enamelled porcelain pieces by the EEIC during 1750 and

1777. Source: Appendix B.

As I have shown in the previous sections, in the late 1750s and 1760s, several

events resulted in a decreasing number of porcelain dealers in the trade. How, then,

would it possible for the enamelled porcelain trade to enjoy such a dramatic increase

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