Splendor of Chinese Porcelain The exhibition of porcelain art of ancient China held in the National Museum of China

摘要

China is the world’s earliest ceramic producer and porcelain inventor. As early as in the Xia Dynasty (ca. 2070 BC – ca. 1600 BC), green-glazed ceramics, quite similar to porcelain wares, appeared in China. By the 2nd century AD, ancient Chinese succeeded in producing porcelain wares with radiant glaze, transparent texture, low water absorption and clear resonance, at