The first written reference to the manufacture of porcelain appears in the 13th-century venetian Marco Polo's great account of his voyages to the Orient. In Tartar-ruled Yuan-dynasty China, Mr. Polo saw beautifully glistening and translucent porcelain.
據說，十三世紀的威尼斯商人馬可波羅，在元代中國看到晶瑩動人的瓷器，令他想起義大利家鄉這種瑩潔美麗的小貝殼來。