Year of Object(s) Creation: 18th Century
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Object Material(s): stone
Provenience Nation: China
Provenience Location: Yuanmingyuan(ImperialSummerPalace),Beijing,China,1860(endof2ndOpiumWar)
Year Removed from Findspot: 1860

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Circumstance of Acquisition: Spoils of war
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Location: British and French armies, descendant of French general, Paris, Sotheby's London

Chinese Yuanmingyuan White Jade Imperial Seal


Description:
White Jade: Imperial Seal - Chinese Imperial Seal

Case Status: Object(s) not relinquished
Year Claim Initiated: 2009
Year Claim Resolved: 2014
Means of Resolution: Inquiry/Demand

Complainant Name: Government
Complainant Nation: China
Complainant Nation Economy: In Transition
Complainant Type: Public: Government

Respondent Name: Government
Respondent Nation: France
Respondent Nation Economy: Developed
Respondent Type: Public: Government

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Editor's Notes:
As of 2011, China has been unable to retrieve the object and it has gone through several auctions. In March 2011 it sold for $17 million although it was only valued at $2.1 million.