The Collector's Guide to Chinese Export Silver 1785 - 1940

Chinese Export Silver is without doubt the most complicated and convoluted silver category that ever existed! It is also a silver category that has so much history attached to it, so much so that it is a superb vehicle to demonstrate the multi-faceted history of China across a wide spectrum of many disciplines. If one takes ethnography, religion or any single facet of Chinese history, one will find Chinese Export Silver has a connection.

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INDEX

THE QUALITY OF SILVER

THE RELEVANCE OF PAKTONG

THE TREATY OF NANKING

THE COMPLEX HIERARCHY OF THE CHINA TRADERELATIVE TO THE CHINESE EXPORT SILVER TRADE

CATALOGUE OF MAKERS'MARKS

INTRODUCTION

REFERENCE GUIDE TO MAKERS'MARKS

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