Research & Article

The early Qing ceramics found in Siam offer insight into the social and political relations  between  Siam,  which  commissioned  and  purchased  these  items,  and  China,  which produced and exported them. Several factors influenced the types and quantitites of ceramic goods that entered into the China-Siam trade: on the China side, dynastic change, opening and closing of trade, and technical advancements; on the Siamese side, court taste, the growth of the Chinese immigrant community, and the level of prosperity.