"History is such an entity: it slumbers in darkness until an observer's perspective, like a beam of light, illuminates it.

These objects also verify the claim that porcelain artifacts made in Jingdezhen were exported during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). These findings could also help in detecting kiln sites.

The porcelain was exquisitely painted with human scenes, mythological animals, birds and flowers. "It is of outstanding archaeological, historical and art historical value," says Mr Bound.

Charles O. Hucker, An Index of Terms and Titles in "Governmental Organization of The Ming Dynasty", Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, Vol. 23 (1960 - 1961), pp. 127-151 ...

In this paper I have compiled the evidence from the records of the Ming dynasty and the various Portuguese accounts to show how the Ming policy of support for the ruler of Melaka and its hostility ...