Pottery tripods from China's Xielaozhuang siteWei et al. 2024, International Journal of Osteoarchaeology
I’ll go out on a limb here and say they used Holstein bones.
Ancient Chinese secret!
Soup and bread are two of the things humans tend to make all over the world.
The third thing is alcohol.
Alcohol for the party, soup and bread to recover afterwards. :)
So that’s where ‘Bone China’ comes from!......................