tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279887958085077691.post8574704006043234395..comments2024-02-22T10:35:12.485-08:00Comments on Cultural Property Observer: Curiouser and Curiouser: Now Winning Bidder for Qing Italian Garden Sculptures Will Not Pay UpCultural Property Observerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05924359202414555962noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279887958085077691.post-87380047153547701162009-03-03T12:40:00.000-08:002009-03-03T12:40:00.000-08:00Ed- This is an unusual provision, but it was occa...Ed- This is an unusual provision, but it was occasioned by complaints that the Chinese were asking US museums to forgo undocumented artifacts while Chinese museums have continued to buy such artifacts on the open market. Purchasers include the Poly Museum, which is apparently related to the People's Liberation Army in some fashion.Cultural Property Observerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05924359202414555962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279887958085077691.post-7052163839921533392009-03-03T12:14:00.000-08:002009-03-03T12:14:00.000-08:00I did not realize that official Chinese museums ar...I did not realize that official Chinese museums are forbidden to bid on objects over 250 years old. Did they ask to be forbidden or is this a boilerplate condition that gets applied when a nation asks for a MOU?<BR/><BR/>I have read about Japanese museums buying old Japanese cars that were sold abroad during the lean years and thought that was a good model -- as nations gain economic power they buy back important relics. I'm surprised the Chinese government agreed to a deal that forbid them to do this for >250yo monuments.Ed Sniblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346392312959087285noreply@blogger.com