Chinese Ceramics - Lars Tharp

BBC4 - China in Six Easy Pieces
Ceramics expert Lars Tharp has picked his six favourite pieces representing Chinese taste. He goes on a journey through a thousand years of Chinese history, travelling from the ancient capital of Huangzhou in the south to Beijing's Forbidden City in the north, to uncover what these six pieces tell us about Chinese emperors, scholars, workers, merchants and artists. Watch it here on iPlayer (available until 23 July)