Diplomacy and Trade in the Chinese World, 589-1276

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Minerals and Metals

1072: rock crystal.
1078: 5000 ounces of mercury.


Manufactured Objects

Of metal


1072: one silver incense brazier.


Of glass:


1072: white opaque glass.


Other:


853: valuable vessels.
1072: one Buddhist rosary of sapindus seeds.


Textiles

Silks:


734: 400 bolts of silken fabrics.
838: pongee.
1072: silken fabrics.
1078: 200 bolts of thin silk.


Jewels

654: amber and carnelian.
838: pearls.
1072: amber.


It is not recorded what the Chinese offered in response.

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