Then in the early 17th century someone finally came up with something close to the answer: porcelain was probably made in a similar way to the soft European majolica earthenware, but from a different raw material.
到了十七世紀初，終於有人提供了接近謎底的說法：瓷器的做法應當接近歐洲軟陶「馬約里卡」，但以不同原料燒成。什麼是「馬約里卡」？