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Chinese Pottery and Porcelain Trade

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




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