The sailing ships of the 16th century began to carry tens of millions of pieces of Ming--and later, Qing--porcelain to the West; in the early 18th century, Europeans made their first real porcelain.
十六世紀的海上風帆，開始將數以千萬計的明清瓷器運向西方；十八世紀初，歐洲人製作了第一件真瓷。