▁court ▁circles ; ▁fine ▁ 1 6 th - century ▁Pers ian ▁pieces ▁are ▁very ▁rare . ▁▁ ▁The ▁Islam ic ▁parts ▁of ▁S out heast ▁Asia , ▁modern ▁Indones ia ▁and ▁Malays ia , ▁were ▁export ▁mark ets ▁that ▁were ▁close ▁at ▁hand ▁for ▁the ▁Chinese ▁and ▁later ▁the ▁Japanese , ▁helped ▁by ▁the ▁European ▁trad ing ▁companies , ▁especially ▁the ▁Dutch ▁East ▁India ▁Company . ▁ ▁The ▁Buddh ist ▁countries ▁of ▁the ▁region ▁also ▁export ed . ▁ ▁Special ▁types ▁of ▁war es ▁were ▁developed ▁for ▁them , ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁Chinese ▁Kra ak ▁w are ▁and ▁Sw at ow ▁w are , ▁mostly ▁producing ▁large ▁d ishes ▁for ▁serving ▁commun ally ▁to ▁a ▁table . ▁In ▁the ▁face ▁of ▁such ▁competition , ▁local ▁war es ▁were ▁few ▁and ▁simple . ▁▁▁▁ ▁The ▁Islam ic ▁world ▁as ▁a ▁whole ▁never ▁managed ▁to ▁develop ▁por cel ain , ▁but ▁had ▁an ▁av id ▁app et ite ▁for ▁imports ▁of ▁it . ▁ ▁East ▁Asian ▁por cel ain , ▁first ▁Chinese ▁then ▁Japanese ▁export ▁por cel ain ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 7 th ▁century , ▁was ▁joined ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 8 th ▁century ▁by ▁the ▁war es ▁from ▁Europe , ▁in ▁particular ▁Vienna ▁por cel ain , ▁which ▁special ized ▁in ▁the ▁Eastern ▁market , ▁and ▁by ▁the ▁latter ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁century ▁was ▁sending ▁as ▁many ▁as ▁ 1 2 0 , 0 0 0 ▁pieces ▁per ▁year ▁to ▁the ▁Ott oman ▁Empire , ▁many ▁small ▁cu ps ▁and ▁sau cers