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Historic artefacts come home |
发布时间：2006-11-20 16:15:52
rich in cultural treasures, according to Xu. Most of the items thus extracted are transported to Hong Kong. Shanghai Customs refused to comment on relic smuggling.
Because an international agreement prevents government organizations from buying artifacts which have been illegally obtained or smuggled, such items tend to end up in the hands of private collectors.
Private donations also accounted for a number of precious relics making their way back to the Chinese mainland. Many items in the Shanghai Museum were donated. The latest example of this is a porcelain bottle from the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) auctioned at 41.5 million yuan (US$5 million).
"Some overseas Chinese have purchased lost relics in foreign countries and then donated them to China," Xu said.
Chinese and foreign collectors have different interests - the former tend to attach overwhelming importance to the appearance of antique objects, whereas foreigners are more likely to be interested in both the cultural and economic value of such items, even if they have some aesthetic flaws.
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