Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from 10th Triennial Meeting, Washington, DC, USA, Vol. 1: Preprints; 22-27 August 1993
Chinese export silver are silver objects produced in China using traditional Chinese techniques, but chie?y following Western forms, for export to the west during the period c. 1785 - 1885. This period was characterized by great growth of trade between the west, chie?y the United States and other English speaking countries, and certain Chinese ports. However, Chinese export silver wares were not generally sent by the ship-load as trade goods to Western countries. Rather, they were commissioned by and purchased in the trade ports of China by Western sea captains, tradesmen and merchants for their personal use. Because the objects were not shipped to the west in vast quantity, and because they were made chie?y following Western forms and styles, it has only been within the past 25 years that this group has been recognized and studied as a unique and collectible group of silver.
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