Broken plate puts spotlight on Ge ware
By Zhang Zixuan | China Daily | Updated: 2011-08-23 08:02
Editor's Note: Every week we look at a work of art or a cultural relic that puts the spotlight on China's heritage.
On July 4, the sound of porcelain cracking ripped through the silence of the Palace Museum.
The plate that broke was no ordinary one, but a first-class national treasure dating back to the Song Dynasty (960-1279).
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