Everyday utensils in rough brown earthenware The great guesses of the romantics did not get to the heart of the matter, and King Philip Ⅱ of Spain, the most powerful monarch in 16th century Europe and a collector of Chinese porcelain, is said to have sent envoys to China to search for the secret of how it was made, but without success.
浪漫派的偉大臆測不足成事，十六世紀歐洲最強大的君王，也收藏中國瓷器的西班牙國王菲力普二世，據說還曾派人到中國尋求造瓷秘方，結果不了了之。