Featuring over 100 full-color photographs of Chinese export porcelain, this book invites readers to appreciate the beauty of porcelain and explore its cultural significance. Beginning with the Age of Sail, the book traces the trade of Chinese export porcelain and its dynamic exchange with Eurasian ceramic traditions from the 16th to the 19th centuries against the backdrop of globalization. Through lenses of porcelain-making techniques and decorative patterns, the book reveals how political upheavals shaped the ceramic arts and technology, documenting the rise and decline of Chinese export porcelain and shedding light on the cultural and artistic exchange between China and Eurasia.