Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Silver Wolf, post: 423929, member: 9000&quot;]so,maybe here&#039;s the explanation</p><p><br /></p><p>when the qing open the trade with the west in 17th-19th century,the chinese porcelain and &quot;all of their&quot; products are highly sought,many of them were made for export,also in qing dynasty the chinese pottery reach their highest peak of their pottery skills,so some potters see the chance of big market demand for chinese porcelain they also make the reproduction of the past dynasties,mostly they make the reproduction in 19th century.</p><p><br /></p><p>So the underline here is in 17th-19th century the chinese not only export many of their ceramics products but also the antiques (by smuggle or black market or just because the money) and also the reproduction.So here&#039;s why in 1911 china have prohibit the sales of qing dynasty period or the dynasties before.</p><p><br /></p><p>this is for your reference only,you can read in 17th-18th century section,so you have an image of how busy their pottery were at that time,even their white and blue theme porcelain recipe was &quot;stolen&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_and_white_pottery" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_and_white_pottery" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_and_white_pottery</a></p><p><br /></p><p>so this is an indication that their ceramics and all of their pottery products are highly sought,so maybe your horses were meant to be exported not for local market or maybe your horses were made to tricking some amateur foreigner who interested in chinese antiques back in 19th century,do this make sense?<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie13" alt=":angelic:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in