Imperial blue and white deep saucer, pan. The base with six-character mark of Jiajing within a double ring in underglaze blue and of the period, 1522-1566. Photo courtesy Marchant with flat everted rim, painted in the centre with a crane on one leg with...

Imperial blue and white deep bowl. The base with six-character mark of Jiajing within a double ring in underglaze blue and of the period, 1522-1566. Photo courtesy Marchant with upright sides and slightly inverted foot, painted with four lobed medallions,...

Imperial blue and white square bowl. The base with six-character mark of Jiajing in underglaze blue and of the period, 1522-1566. Photo courtesy Marchant with gently flared rim and slightly inverted foot, painted on the exterior with four lobed square...

LONDON - Tang - Qing, fourteen centuries of Chinese art, an amazing time span. China has given the world some great art from the early bronze age: sculpture, furniture, paintings, jade carving and porcelain manufacture. It is a sobering thought that the...