Bone china. let's get acquainted

If architecture is frozen music in stone, then porcelain is probably frozen moonlight. It is well known that porcelain was invented in China in the VI century. The secret of its production was guarded so strictly that it was only in the 16th century that Japan began to produce products like the Chinese. Porcelain is divided into hard and soft according to the composition of the porcelain mass. And some kind of connecting link between them is bone china. This precious type of ceramics is also called “white gold”. And it's not only the price or the uniqueness of production. Products from it can be attributed to works of art, perfect in its structure and form.

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The popularity of porcelain in the world is determined by its properties: beauty, grace, a variety of forms, color palette. Porcelain ware keeps warm for a long time, statuettes, vases, sculptures can decorate any interior. Peerless bone china masterpieces are a kind of visiting card of Russia. They are presented to dignitaries, collectibles, exhibited in museums, they are decorated with magnificent palaces and cozy houses.