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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 12206881, member: 2844&quot;]Artisans who worked for the imperial household worked in one of many workshops. They had a good income but had no access to the imperial concubines and were not indentured labourers.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>There were dozens of specialised workshops of different sizes, some very large, like Jingdezhen, the famous porcelain centre. Some of the employees were foreigners, like the Jesuit priests who introduced the pink enamels that were used on famille rose porcelain.</p><p>Imperial concubines were exactly that, concubines of the emperor, not prostitutes for employees or anyone who entered the Forbidden City.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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