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CHAPTER 1 Introduction
and 1760 resulted in a new situation for the porcelain trade which boosted the trade
of the later period and also promoted the shift of production from Jingdezhen to
Canton.
Chapter 7 sheds light on studies of Chinese porcelain shops. It draws attention to
Chinese paintings on porcelain shops, and aims to illustrate the development of
porcelain shops in the eighteenth century. It applies the theory of networks to illustrate
the roles of porcelain dealers in the trade, which brings a different perspective to
studies of the Chinese export porcelain trade.
Chapter 8 concludes this thesis and raises issues for future research.
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