On the other hand, people with some understanding of ceramics--and even some early art historians--subscribe to the theory that "you can't make bricks without straw": that in those days in Europe no-one had found the china clay from which to fire porcelain.
此外，對陶瓷略有瞭解的人，甚至早期某些藝術學者，則持「巧婦難為無米之炊」的理論﹘ ﹘當時歐洲沒有找到可燒瓷器的「中國土」呀。