CHINESE ART
EXHIBITS FOR LONDON TREASURES ON A CRUISER British Wireless RUGBY. July 25 The cruiser Suffolk reached Portsmouth to-day with a consignment of art treasures of a value variously estimated at between £2,000,000 and £10,000.000. This is probably the first time that a British warship has carried works of art. The Suffolk, which has returned for refit, by special arrangement between the Chinese and British Governments transported the exhibits, which are being loaned from the Imperial Chinese collection for the purpose of the exhibition of Chinese art to be held in London in autumn at Burlington House on the lines of the Italian and Persian exhibitions of recent years. Special precautions had been taken during each stage of the journey and after unloading, nearly 100 cases containing more than 1000 items, including ' ivories, bronzes, sculptures, paintings, i carvings, porcelain, jewels and rare books, were taken by road to London , on Government lorries under a strong i police escort. f Museum experts will arrive later from China to supervise the unpacking of the objects, which illustrate 4000 years of Chinese art.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22172, 27 July 1935, Page 13
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