Tao Linchen is a PhD candidate at the School of Fine Arts, Fujian Normal University, specialising in cross-cultural art history and the visual production of ‘Chinese-style’ motifs in Europe. His doctoral thesis examines how design on paper served as a medium in shaping the process of cross-cultural translation in the decoration of European porcelain from the 16th to the 18th centuries. He has conducted archival research and examined physical artefacts at institutions including the International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza, Italy; the National Archives of Florence; the KPM Royal Porcelain Manufactory in Berlin, Germany; the State Art Collections Dresden (SKD); the Meissen Porcelain Museum; and the National Ceramics Museum in Sèvres. [Note: AI TRANSALATED]