Porcelain and the Dutch China trade
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Porcelain and the Dutch China trade
M. Nijhoff, 1982
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Porselein als handelswaar
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Porselein als handelswaar
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Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.--University of Leiden, 1978) under the title: Porselein als handelswaar
Bibliography: p. [307]-317
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Shortly after my book Poreelain and the Duteh me and we discussed it. As it was his intention to write about this matter, he did not in the least East India Compa~y was published in 1954 and weH received, somebody prompted me to con- need any prompting or urging from me and aH the merit his work has -and I think he has done tinue my research and publish something about splendid work with admirable results - is ex- the Japanese porcelain trade. I gave in, and The Japanese poreelain trade after 1683 appeared. In his clusively his own. Japanese Poreelain my good friend, the la te From experience I know the ups and downs Soame Jenyns, confessed to the prompting. of the research preceding the making of a book But, never easily satisfied when he had set his like this, the disappointments one has when not mind on a thing, he insisted on my continuing finding a thing one had expected to find, the the work and publishing what I could find greater satisfaction when one comes across an about the Chinese porcelain trade of the Dutch unexpected interesting thing. And when the facts are marshaHed and grouped in the inten- after 1683.
Table of Contents
I The China trade of the Dutch East India Company.- 1 The seventeenth century.- 2 The direct trade, 1729-34.- 3 The China trade under Batavia, 1735-56.- 4 The direct trade, 1757-95.- II Life and trade in Canton.- 1 Introduction.- 2 The ships.- 3 The factory building.- 4 Daily life.- 5 Relations with Chinese merchants and mandarins.- 6 Trade and merchandise.- III The porcelain trade of the Dutch East India Company.- 1 The porcelain trade up to 1729.- 2 The porcelain trade with China, 1729-95.- a 'Requirements' and instructions, samples, models and drawings.- b The buying-in and ordering of porcelain.- c The manufacture, transport and painting of porcelain.- d Packing and stowage.- e The sales in the Netherlands.- f Porcelain for Batavia and the 'outlying factories'.- g Porcelain of and for private individuals.- IV The porcelain.- 1 Introduction.- 2 The decorations.- 3 The types of porcelain.- Conclusions.- Appendices.- 1 Dutch East India Company ships in Canton, 1729-95.- 2 Dutch East India Company personnel in Canton, 1729-94.- 3 Inventory of the Factory in 1755.- 4 Financial survey of the trade in Canton and the profits on the return shipments in the Netherlands, 1729-34.- 5 Financial survey of the trade in Canton, 1736-56.- 6 Gross profits on the return cargos shipped direct to the Netherlands from Canton, 1729-92.- 7 Comparison of the proceeds on the sales of the return shipments from China with the total proceeds on the Company's sales, 1730-90.- 8 Specification of the return shipments from Canton for the Netherlands, 1729-93, in guilders and percentages.- 9 Gross profits on porcelain shipped direct to the Netherlands, 1729-93.- 10 Gross profits on porcelain shipped to the Netherlands via Batavia, 1735-48.- 11 Porcelain shipped to the Netherlands by the Dutch East India Company, 1729-93:a survey of types and decorations.- Literature.- Documents.- Notes.- Credits.
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