Hard paste porcelain is made from white china
clay kaolin.. The body is first fired at approx.
9008C, then dipped in glaze and refired at between
1400 and 16008C Gaston, 1992.. At this temperature
the body becomes vitrified and fuses with the
glaze. Porcelain made in this manner is translucent
and non-porous and has been the choice for
fine dinnerware since its invention by the Chinese
more than 1000 years ago Ware, 1953..