WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -: a hard, fine-grained, sonorous, nonporous, and usually translucent and white ceramic ware that consists essentially of kaolin, quartz, and a feldspathic rock and is fired at a high temperature. called also hard-paste porcelain, true porcelain. : soft-paste porcelain. porcelainlike.

Detailed explanation-2: -Fine-grained and translucent ceramic wares are called porcelain. Sometimes referred to as china, porcelain was invented in China in distant antiquity. The Chinese made porcelain of kaolin (white clay) and petuntse, a stone composed of feldspar, mica, and quartz.

Detailed explanation-3: -It has usually been regarded as the most prestigious type of pottery due to its delicacy, strength and its high degree of whiteness. It is frequently both glazed and decorated. Though definitions vary, porcelain can be divided into three main categories: hard-paste, soft-paste, and bone china.