It was perfection that once fascinated collectors, artists, museums and business people in Europe so much about Chinese craftsmanship. This inspired local art connoisseurs. For example, they ordered a traditional Bavarian beer stein from the artisans – so-called export porcelain. Other works, however, might surprise visitors. For example, various motifs of camels, which were much more common in China than often assumed in Europe due to the Silk Road.