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5.1. Introduction .............................................................................................................. 174
5.2. The Fluctuating Trade of Blue and White Porcelain ............................................... 175
5.3. The Steady Growth of Enamelled Porcelain Trade.................................................. 181
5.4. Enamelling Porcelain Locally at Canton? ................................................................ 185
5.5. Conclusion ............................................................................................................... 193
CHAPTER 6. A New Context of Porcelain Trade 1760-1770 ........................................... 195
6.1. Relation between Hong merchants and non-Hong merchant Porcelain Dealers...... 200
6.2. The Regulations of Shopkeepers in 1755 ................................................................ 204
6.3. Trade confined to Canton in 1757 ............................................................................ 208
6.4. The Establishment of Co-Hong in 1760 .................................................................. 211
6.5. New Situation........................................................................................................... 216
6.6. Porcelain Trade after 1760 ....................................................................................... 221
6.7. Canton became a Site of Production ........................................................................ 225
6.8. Conclusion ............................................................................................................... 235
CHAPTER 7. Porcelain Dealers and their Role in Trade ................................................... 236
7.1. Introduction .............................................................................................................. 236
7.2. Porcelain Shops at Canton ....................................................................................... 237
7.3. Selling Techniques ................................................................................................... 248
7.4. The Network of Porcelain Dealers ........................................................................... 254
7.5. Conclusion ............................................................................................................... 267
CHAPTER 8. Conclusion ................................................................................................... 269
APPENDICES .................................................................................................................... 276
Appendix A Porcelain imported by the English East India Company at Canton 1729-
1743; 1750, 1751, 1755, 1759, 1761, 1764, 1768, 1774, 1776, 1777. ............................ 276
Appendix B Imported B&W, Enamelled porcelain by the EEIC and VOC, 1729-1780. 318
Appendix C Album paintings on Chinese porcelain manufacture containing Canton
porcelain shops................................................................................................................ 320
BIBLIOGRAPHY ............................................................................................................... 321
Manuscript Sources ......................................................................................................... 321
Published Primary Sources ............................................................................................. 322
Cited Books ..................................................................................................................... 324
Articles and Book Chapters ............................................................................................ 341
Unpublished .................................................................................................................... 350
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