Also called fine china, the Chinese porcelain it is a descendent of the grey porcelain. The grey porcelain is a product fabricated in the transition period from ceramics to porcelain. This product has porcelain features but also remains from ceramics. The first vessels made from grey porcelain were found in the Zhejiang Province located in the south east area of China, more than 4200 years ago.

But the real Chinese porcelain appeared during the Han Dynasty in the east of Zhejiang Province. After that the making technique of the Chinese porcelain extended from south to north where it achieved great development. Derivate from the grey porcelain, the white Chinese porcelain contains a smaller amount of iron which makes it whiter than ceramics. At the beginning the Chinese porcelain was monochromatic but with time the Chinese introduced new colors in the designs. The white and blue Chinese porcelain was the killer piece.

The assembling process continued to modernize between the 10th and 13th century when Tang and Song dynasties leaded China. The representative piece of Chinese porcelain made by Tang Dynasty artisans was the three colored piece containing red, green and white. When fired in the kiln the colors mixed and the result was similar with the traditional paintings. Ming and Qing dynasties produced the biggest amount of Chinese porcelain that had the best quality so far. Jingdezhen town is considered the capital of Chinese porcelain making. The most beautiful Chinese porcelain was and is produced here.

In the 8th century the Chinese began to commercialize their porcelain. It was known as the porcelain country. The Asian countries capitalized on the Chinese porcelain first, followed by European countries. In the 17th century when rococo was in trends, China exported 200 thousand pieces of Chinese porcelain a year and in the 18th century over one million pieces.