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In history, there was a crazy king who, in order to get beautiful porcelain, he was exchanged with a lot of soldiers.
In history, there was a crazy king who, in order to get beautiful porcelain, he was exchanged with a lot of soldiers.
In the 16th century, with the advent of the great nautical era, Chinese porcelain could be shipped to Europe through merchant ships, ship by ship. The extremely beautiful porcelain quickly led a wave of fashion among European royalty and nobles.
At that time, Europe did not have the technology to make porcelain. Europeans could not figure out how to make such a beautiful thing. The magical skills and the desire to make porcelain rare and precious It is more expensive than gold, and the name "White gold " has spread like wildfire. It is a symbol of wealth, elegant , extraordinary, and high society.
At that time, the road of maritime trade was monopolized by the Dutch. In addition, the long distances of porcelain shipments to Europe make it impossible to overcome the fragile problem of porcelain, which has caused the price to rise again and again.
The King of Poland and King of Saxony Augustus II, who loves porcelain so much. Once time he said: "I don't have any disease and I am very healthy. If I have to say that I am sick, that will be I love porcelain too much, I can’t control my desire to collect porcelain.”
The king Augustus ll, eventually used 600 cavalry to exchange 150 pieces of Kangxi period blue and white porcelain from the King of Prussia. The king of Prussia arranged the exchanged unit separately and called it the "Porcelain Corps." This corps has been in existence until after World War II, it completely disappeared.
The above is to share with you today, the classic short stories of porcelain in history.
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In history, there was a crazy king who, in order to get beautiful porcelain, he was exchanged with a lot of soldiers.
In the 16th century, with the advent of the great nautical era, Chinese porcelain could be shipped to Europe through merchant ships, ship by ship. The extremely beautiful porcelain quickly led a wave of fashion among European royalty and nobles.
At that time, Europe did not have the technology to make porcelain. Europeans could not figure out how to make such a beautiful thing. The magical skills and the desire to make porcelain rare and precious It is more expensive than gold, and the name "White gold " has spread like wildfire. It is a symbol of wealth, elegant , extraordinary, and high society.
At that time, the road of maritime trade was monopolized by the Dutch. In addition, the long distances of porcelain shipments to Europe make it impossible to overcome the fragile problem of porcelain, which has caused the price to rise again and again.
The King of Poland and King of Saxony Augustus II, who loves porcelain so much. Once time he said: "I don't have any disease and I am very healthy. If I have to say that I am sick, that will be I love porcelain too much, I can’t control my desire to collect porcelain.”
The king Augustus ll, eventually used 600 cavalry to exchange 150 pieces of Kangxi period blue and white porcelain from the King of Prussia. The king of Prussia arranged the exchanged unit separately and called it the "Porcelain Corps." This corps has been in existence until after World War II, it completely disappeared.
The above is to share with you today, the classic short stories of porcelain in history.