Page 5 - The colours of each piece: production and consumption of Chinese enamelled porcelain, c.1728-c.1780

Applying Enamel Colours on Porcelain ........................................................ 69
Firing Process ................................................................................................ 71

2.4. Technological Innovations and Knowledge Transfer ................................................ 73
2.4.1. The Role of Qing Court ...................................................................................... 73
2.5. Interactions of Different Manufacture Sites ............................................................... 80

2.5.1. Beijing and Jingdezhen ....................................................................................... 80
2.5.2. Beijing and Canton.............................................................................................. 83

2.5.3. Jingdezhen and Canton ....................................................................................... 87
2.5.4. Techniques of Painting Enamels on Porcelain and Styles .................................. 89

Conclusion ........................................................................................................................ 95
CHAPTER 3. Enamelled Porcelain Consumption in Eighteenth-century China .................. 97

3.1. Introduction ................................................................................................................ 97
3.2. Studies on the Domestic Consumption of Chinese Porcelain .................................. 100
3.3. Methodology and Resources .................................................................................... 102

3.4. Distinctive Values of Enamelled Porcelain.............................................................. 103
3.4.1. Craftsmanship ................................................................................................... 104

3.4.2. Colour Matters .................................................................................................. 109
3.4.3. Association with ’Foreign Goods’ .................................................................... 113

3.5. Enamelled Porcelain Consumption in Eighteenth-Century China ........................... 116
3.6. Distribution of Porcelain at Jingdezhen ................................................................... 131

3.6.1. Huiguan (Trade guild, 会馆) ............................................................................ 132
3.6.2. Brokerage System ............................................................................................. 135

3.6.3. Porcelain Market in Jingdezhen ........................................................................ 140
3.6.4. Routes of Porcelain Transportation ................................................................... 144

3.7. Conclusion ............................................................................................................... 150
CHAPTER 4. Early Eighteenth-century EEIC Porcelain Trade in Canton 1729-c.1740 ... 151
4.1. Introduction .............................................................................................................. 151

4.2. The EEIC’s Porcelain Trade .................................................................................... 154
4.2.1. The EEIC in Canton .......................................................................................... 154

4.2.2. The EEIC’s Porcelain Trade ............................................................................. 158
4.3. The EEIC’s Enamelled Porcelain Trade 1729-c.1740 ............................................. 162

4.4. Private Trade of Enamelled Porcelain ..................................................................... 167
4.5. Conclusion ............................................................................................................... 173

CHAPTER 5. Porcelain Trade at Canton 1740-1760 ......................................................... 174
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