In the late-night deep dive, we explore how pristine Chinese porcelain from the Tang and Song dynasties traveled the Silk Road and Indian Ocean and sparked a ceramic revolution in Iraq and Europe.

We dive into:

• The Belitung shipwreck treasure
• Samarra excavations full of Chinese shards
• How Islamic potters invented tin-glaze to copy that whiteness
• The massive scale of 9th-century trade

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Sources:

• Belitung shipwreck (Tang treasure ship)
• Samarra archaeological finds
• Ashmolean & British Museum collections