In a way, collectors will be collectors…and archaeologists will be archaeologists. The link between these two groups of people is tenuous, abstract, inexplicable, and unescapable all at the same time. Why? Because we operate in seemingly unconnected spheres. One that is filled with fine works of art, black tie events, buckets of money, and status, [...]
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Posted in News Articles of Interest, tagged archaeologists, Christie's, collecting, collectors, debate, provenance, Sotheby's on 29/05/2009 | Leave a Comment »
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“Chinese reactions to auction of stolen bronze relics” [repost from ChinaSMACK]
Posted in China, cultural heritage, Different Perspectives, looting, Lost Cultural Relics Recovery Program, News Articles of Interest, Ongoing, Opinions, Rants, tagged auction, ChinaSMACK, Christie's, comments, nationalism, Old Summer Palace, patrimony, Reactions on 10/12/2009 | Leave a Comment »
Just found THIS article published in February on popular Chinese popnews website ChinaSMACK about the Christie’s auction of two of the now pretty well known bronze zodiac animal heads that were looted from Beijing’s Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan) during the 1860s by the British and French armies. The article is interesting for several reasons. First, [...]
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