| With the progress of China in the pottery
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| | of the expenses of packing and transport,
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| and porcelain the European nations
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| | were cheaper than European-made ones. One
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| started their hunt to imitate or copy the
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| | early effect of European research was
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| Chinese styles and designs. The Chinese
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| | that just as the Chinese had copied the
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| made drinking-vessels, cups and saucers
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| | cobalt blue of the Persians, so they
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| and teapots popular in their own styles.
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| | imitated the pink colour used
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| The Chinese trade with the European in
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| | successfully at Dresden. In the reign of
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| the potteries and porcelain wares grew
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| | Yung Cheng this was employed extensively
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| quite high.
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| | and completely changed the prevailing
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| In the reverse direction, Europeans of
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| | tone of decorated porcelain. The opaque
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| all the nations then established in trade
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| | pink gave its name to the type of
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| with China, were sending to their agents
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| | coloring: famille rose, which lasted for
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| in the East pieces of silver, pottery and
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| | the rest of the eighteenth century
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| other articles to have them imitated in
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| | through the reign of Ch'ien Lung.
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| the wonder material; at the same time,
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| | The transmission of designs continued,
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| they sent engravings and drawings to be
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| | and one popular feature was the ordering
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| copied as decoration. These tasks were
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| | of complete dinner services painted with
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| performed by the Chinese with great
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| | the coat-of-arms, crest or initials of
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| skill, and resulted in a constant flood
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| | the European owner. Punchbowls, mugs, tea
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| of goods in both directions throughout
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| | sets, and innumerable other articles were
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| the eighteenth century.
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| | ornamented in a similar manner and are
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| A further stimulus to the trade was
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| | sought eagerly today. About 1800, America
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| public interest in tea drinking, and the
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| | was also importing from China, and there
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| sending of increasing amounts of the leaf
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| | remain in the United States many examples
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| from China. The beverage being new to the
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| | of old porcelain with the insignia of
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| West, no drinking-vessels entirely
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| | their former owners. An outstanding
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| suitable were available, and the
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| | punchbowl given to the City of New York
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| Orientals obligingly sent porcelain cups
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| | in 1802 bears a view of the city, and is
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| and saucers and teapots. Many of these
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| | inscribed with the date of presentation
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| traveled packed in the holds of East
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| | as well as the name of the Chinese artist
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| Indiamen with the tea above, so that the
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| | who painted it.
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| bilge water would not ruin the latter.
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| | By many people on both sides of the
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| The first teapots sent from the East were
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| | Atlantic much of this eighteenth-century
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| made of hard red stoneware; known as
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| | porcelain exported from China is called
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| Yi-hsing pottery, and the legend quickly
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| | 'Lowestoff. It was given this name
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| grew that tea could only be enjoyed if
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| | mistakenly a century ago, and although
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| poured from a red pot. It will be found
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| | the error was corrected soon afterwards
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| that many of the first teapots made in
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| | the name has stayed.
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| Europe (other than those of silver) were
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| | European tried to copy the Chinese styles
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| of red stoneware in imitation of the
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| | and designs through their missionaries
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| imported ones.
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| | and embassies officials. With the coming
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| With the discoveries of Bdttger and the
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| | of porcelain in Europe the Chinese
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| making of porcelain in Europe, the
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| | monopoly was broken but the name of
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| Chinese monopoly was broken, but the
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| | Chinese porcelain still generates enough
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| novelty of having something from far
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| | interest among the people because the
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| Cathay was sufficient to ensure a market.
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| | people trusted the product of China in
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| In addition, the Chinese wares, in spite
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| | its original forms.
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