The furore surrounding Christies' auction of Yuanmingyuan's bronze rabbit and rat heads takes on another level today when "a Chinese fund for looted artworks" announced that Chinese bidders had paid the 28 million euros for the relics. ... ...full story at Danwei
from Danwei on Mon, Mar 02 2009
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