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[[File:Li-xiaofeng.jpg|right|thumb|320px|"Beijing Memory" by contemporary artist Li Xiaofeng]]

[[File:Li-xiaofeng.jpg|right|thumb|320px|"Beijing Memory" by contemporary artist Li Xiaofeng]]

*''Japanese'': 磁製 ''(jisei)'',　磁器 ''(jiki)''

*''Japanese'': 磁製 ''(jisei)'', 磁器 ''(jiki)''

Porcelain is a particularly fine form of [[ceramics]], known for its clean white color; smooth, glass-like texture and sheen; light weight; and for its ability to be made extremely thin. Along with [[silk]], it was one of China's most prized exports for centuries, and a major element of its export trade revenues, becoming so highly prized and so highly associated with China in the West that porcelain wares came to be known popularly as "china."<ref>Similarly, [[lacquerware]] was for a time popularly known as "japan," and the process of lacquering known as "japanning." This has fallen out of common usage, however.</ref>

Porcelain is a particularly fine form of [[ceramics]], known for its clean white color; smooth, glass-like texture and sheen; light weight; and for its ability to be made extremely thin. Along with [[silk]], it was one of China's most prized exports for centuries, and a major element of its export trade revenues, becoming so highly prized and so highly associated with China in the West that porcelain wares came to be known popularly as "china."<ref>Similarly, [[lacquerware]] was for a time popularly known as "japan," and the process of lacquering known as "japanning." This has fallen out of common usage, however.</ref>