20世紀 90年代澳門出土了一批瓷片，這些瓷片一部分收集於南灣，這裏是澳門早期貨物起卸的一個重要港口；另一部分收集於北灣，是澳門當年另一個貨物進出口的地方。將澳門出土的瓷片與考古發掘、海上沉船出水的瓷器、歐洲各大博物館的藏品作對比後可以發現，澳門這些瓷器產自江西的景德鎮，生產年代應是在 16世紀中葉至 17世紀初，即晚明嘉靖至崇禎年間，而葡萄牙人在澳門與中國進行貿易的黃金時期正好是在這一期間。在這一時期，當時歐洲人來中國採購的大量貨物如絲、茶葉及瓷器通過澳門輸往世界各地，澳門在“海上陶瓷之路”中起了重要的作用；葡人就是從這一買一賣的過程中抽取利潤，從而使澳門富甲一方，出現了短暫的輝煌。同時它也表明，所謂“克拉克瓷”由專屬窯場來製造的說法是值得商榷的，其實那衹是陶瓷貿易中的一小部分而已。

Part of the shards unearthed in Macau came from Praia Grande, once an important harbour where merchandise were unloaded, and some came from Baía do Norte, another location for merchandise importations and exportations. Through comparison with others discovered in archaeological excavations, potteries uncovered from sunk vessels and collections in major European museums, it can be discovered that the shards unearthed in Macau were produced in Jingdezhen of Jiangxi Province, whose production should be between the mid-16th century and early 17th century, or during the Jiajing and Chongzhen reigns. This coincided with the heyday of Portuguese trading with China in Macau. During this period, Europeans came to China to purchase silk, tea and porcelain in large quantities, and had them exported to other parts of the world via Macau, thus playing an important role in the “Maritime Porcelain Road”. Through extracting profits from trade, Macau became a wealthy city, enjoying a short period of prosperity. On the other hand, the argument that kraak porcelain was produced in exclusive kilns was open to debate, since this was only a small part of the entire porcelain trade at that time.