Frederick William I received a regiment of dragoons in exchange for giving some of this substance to another ruler. An early company producing this substance created a simple crossed swords logo in 1722 to protect its product. An early recipe for creating this substance included kaolin and alabaster. It was first created in Europe by Ehrenfried von Tschirnhaus, who had a factory for producing this substance in Meissen. The Zwinger Palace holds 20,000 objects made from this substance collected by Augustus the Strong in (*) Dresden. An octagonal tower made with this namesake substance and destroyed in the Taiping rebellion was located in Nanjing. This substance can be 
Frederick William I received a regiment of dragoons in exchange for giving some of this substance to another ruler. An early company producing this substance created a simple crossed swords logo in 1722 to protect its product. An early recipe for creating this substance included kaolin and alabaster. It was first created in Europe by Ehrenfried von Tschirnhaus, who had a factory for producing this substance in Meissen. The Zwinger Palace holds 20,000 objects made from this substance collected by Augustus the Strong in (*) Dresden. An octagonal tower made with this namesake substance and destroyed in the Taiping rebellion was located in Nanjing. This substance can be made from bone ash and comes in "soft-paste" and "hard paste" versions. For 10 points, name this ceramic material which was exported to Europe in blue and white bowls from Ming China.
Frederick William I received a regiment of dragoons in exchange for giving some of this substance to another ruler.
porcelain [prompt on “pottery”; prompt on “china” until mention; prompt on “ceramics” until mention]