About 160 pieces of porcelain considered not good enough for China's royal court and shattered 580 years ago have finally made their way to the Forbidden City.

An exhibition at the Palace Museum features Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) imperial kilns from Jingdezhen, a porcelain town in Jiangxi province.

It has brought together for the first time pieces restored from unearthed ceramic chips and the museum's well-preserved royal collections.