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Commodity illustration: Chinese porcelain

Category:Wares and supplies

Chinese porcelain

Standard price
500 pieces of eight for 10 kg
Surplus
300 pieces of eight
Scarcity
500 pieces of eight
Bulk
0.05 Tons

Equivalent to 10,000 pieces of eight per ton

Quality

Export regions

Chinese porcelain arrives as bowls, dishes, cups, vases and other finished wares. Its pale, hard body can be translucent at the edges, and blue decoration beneath the glaze is especially recognisable.

It furnishes wealthy tables and rooms of display. Workshops such as those at King-Té-Ching shape, decorate and fire the pieces before export. Wooden chests can be packed with fragments of palm leaves to protect them at sea. Opening a chest reveals delicate ceramics nestled in rough packing material.

Sources and adaptations

References in the Pavillon Noir books:

  • Carnet de Vercourt, p. 467, 533.

Ludic RPG adaptations used on this page:

  • Porcelain: bulk (house rule).

The description was written by Ludic RPG. Prices are game values expressed in pieces of eight.