翻开中国瓷器的外销史,早在唐代已很发达,除了传统的丝绸之路外,阿拉伯人从波斯湾经印度洋把中国瓷器带回近东并转手到南亚及非洲。此外,传统友邦日本和朝鲜也是中国瓷器的主要消费者。元代以专卖的办法垄断海外贸易,当时最大的口岸泉州吞吐的商品中有很大一部分就是瓷器,其中新兴的青花瓷器在伊斯兰世界受到热烈欢迎,成为高层人士珍贵的收藏。瓷器贸易在明代早期,达到了空前的规模。郑和七下西洋,声势浩大,足迹遍及亚非“凡三十余国,涉沧溟十万余里”。巨大的利 The history of the export of Chinese porcelain was opened up as early as in the Tang Dynasty. Apart from the traditional Silk Road, Arabs brought the Chinese porcelain back to the Near East from the Persian Gulf via the Indian Ocean to South Asia and Africa. In addition, traditional allies Japan and North Korea are also major consumers of Chinese porcelain. Yuan dynasty monopolized overseas trade by monopoly. At that time, a large part of the commodities swallowed by Quanzhou, the largest port in China, was porcelain. The emerging blue and white porcelain was warmly welcomed in the Islamic world and became a precious collection for senior people. Porcelain trade in the early Ming Dynasty, reached an unprecedented scale. Zheng He seven under the Western, massive, footprints all over Asia and Africa “where more than thirty countries, involving Cangming hundred thousand miles.” Huge profit