Brief Introcduction of Chinese Porcelain

Porcelain arficles are important Chinese cultural artifacts，a unique creation of Chinese people.China is well known by the world parily due to its porcelain products.In English，china means procelain.With its unique cultural characteristics，procelain products can represent China’s age-old civilization.The shapes and decorations of porcelain products typically present a panorama of Chinese culture.

The Discovery of Chinese Porcelain

China’s earliest porcelain was proto-celadon which dates back to the Shang and Zhou dynasties.Its paste is called“china clay”.Vessels excavated from a Western Zhou tomb in Tunxi，Anhui Province，for example，have a paste that contains a substance similar to the fine clay still used today in Jingdezhen kilns.The only difference between the remote and present pastes is that the older is not so carefully washed and refined.

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