CHINESE TREASURES
LONDON ART EXHIBITION [ British Official Wireless. 1 RL’GBY, Nc-v. 2S, The public gained admission to-day for the first time to the international exhibition of Chinese art at Burlington House. Of 1099 exhibits about 800 pieces come from the Imperial Palace at Pelting by special arrangements with the Chinese Government. The King and Queen have leaned a number of valuable objects. The largest exhibit is~a huge figure of Maitrey's Buddha, said to weigh 20 tons. Small pieces include combs, hair pins, and mirrors, 2000 or more years old. The jades arc considered to be remarkably fine, and include an axe-head dating from 2300 years before the Christian era, and a set of three seals attached by a chain, the complete work having been cut from one block of the rarest yellow jade. In addition to pottery and porcelain, bremzes, and textiles, there are masterpieces of caligraphy and lacquer. The exhibition is regarded by experts as the most magnificent collection of Chinese art treasures ever brought togetlrer in one piece.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 282, 2 December 1935, Page 7
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