National Treasures Regained at Auction to Be Sent Back to BeijingFour Chinese national treasures looted by the British and French troops in 1860 when they invaded Beijing will be transported back to Beijing for an exhibition in June.The four antiques were recovered at an auction fair in Hong Kong early this month when the Poly Art Museum and Beijing Cultural Relics Company bought them for more than 53 million Hong Kong dollars. The antiques are a hexagonal vase carved with flowers and patterns, and bronze ox, tiger, and monkey heads, which were three of the 12 animal sculptures in a water clock designed by a French Jesuit in 1744 at the Yuanmingyuan Palace. The ox tiger and monkey heads are on a one-week display in an art museum in Hong Kong. |
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