Chinese Porcelain in Colonial Mexico: The Material Worlds of an Early Modern Trade By Meha Priyadarshini
English | EPUB | 2018 | 211 Pages | ISBN : 3319665464 | 3.2 MB
This book follows Chinese porcelain through the commodity chain, from its production in China to trade with Spanish Merchants in Manila, and to its eventual adoption by colonial society in Mexico. As trade connections increased in the early modern period, porcelain became an immensely popular and global product. This study focuses on one of the most exported objects, the guan.