The British Museum said on Wednesday it would receive 1,700 pieces of world-renowned Chinese ceramics worth around 1 billion pounds ($1.27 billion), in the largest donation in its nearly 300-year ...
Items in the collection date from the third to 20th Century The British Museum is to be given Chinese ceramics worth £1bn in what is believed to be the highest-value gift received by a UK museum.
LONDON, Nov 13 (Reuters) - The British Museum said on Wednesday it would receive 1,700 pieces of world-renowned Chinese ceramics worth around 1 billion pounds ($1.27 billion), in the largest ...
By Alex Marshall Reporting from London The trustees of one of the world’s most renowned private collection of Chinese ceramics on Wednesday donated all 1,700 objects to the British Museum in a ...