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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 4774683, member: 2844&quot;]Yes, ceramics were originally used as ballast. European were more interested in tea and silk, but needed weight. Ceramics provided that, and could be sold as well, which is why most ceramics that arrived here were porcelain.</p><p><br /></p><p>Storage jars mostly reached Europe as utilitarian vessels on ships. Whenever they bought food and drink along the Asian coasts, it was provided in Chinese storage jars. </p><p>The most famous ones are the large Martaban jars, often decorated with dragons. Those were used for (rice) wine and water.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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