The Choice of the Private Trader: The Private Market in Chinese Export Porcelain Illustrated from the Hodroff Collection

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I. B. Tauris, Limited, 1994 - Antiques & Collectibles - 298 pages
The Private Trade in Chinese Export porcelain, as distinct from East India Company trade, has hitherto scarcely been recoginised as a subject in its own right. And yet the officers and supercargoes of the Hon. East India Company took full advantage of their license to trade on their own account; it is just this attractive and innovative ware, chosen by them at their own capital risk, that is most collected today. David S. Howard surveys more than two centuries of manufacture, and throws new light on how the trade was actually conducted. The Hodroff collection, the largest and most comprehensive of its kind in the world, closely mirrors the tastes of the private traders and is the ideal source of illustration for this pioneering work.

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Plates and Dishes
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Copyright

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