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context: ceramics
Porcelain
Porcelain is made with kaolin clay fired at very high temperatures (1200c), which fuses the particles, making for dense, hard, smooth ceramics. Early production centred on the Arita area, and was driven by Korean potters taken in Hideyoshi's attempted invasion.