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Did you know... that Chinese Ding ware of the 11th century has been described both as
porcelain and as
stoneware?
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Probably because a high proportion of sources DON'T describe them as porcelain at all, but as
stoneware - see the article. "Fooware" is the best and most widely-used term for all such broad categories.
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