In the early 1970s plans were made to develop and excavate the mountain for kyanite, a mineral used to make porcelain.
Among others he got hold of the formula to make porcelain.
The Chinese discovered the process of making porcelain around 600 AD.
The mountain, Gaoling, gave its name to kaolin, the clay used to make porcelain.
He also produced plates with finely painted landscapes in their center, and after 1773 also made porcelain.
Historical records show that it was during this time that it began to make porcelain.
Meissen was the first European factory to make porcelain successfully in 1710.
Unless you count a land so white and a sky so blue that they make Danish porcelain seem drab.
He feared his closely guarded secret of making fine porcelain was in jeopardy.
During this time many potters stopped making porcelain.