Yuanmingyuan Bronze Horse Head
Yuanmingyuan Bronze Horse Head

Year of Object(s) Creation:
Estimated Value ($USD): 8900000
Object Type(s): Sculpture, Statue
Object Material(s): bronze, metal
Provenience Nation: China
Provenience Location: Yuanmingyuan(ImperialSummerPalace)Beijing
Year Removed from Findspot: 2018

Provenance

Start Year: 1861
End Year: 2007
Circumstance of Acquisition: Spoils of war
Nation:
Location: Sotheby's Hong Kong

Yuanmingyuan Bronze Horse Head


Description:
Bronze head of horse from Chinese zodiac - Bronze: Horse Zodiac Head

Case Status: Object(s) relinquished
Year Claim Initiated: 2007
Year Claim Resolved: 2007
Means of Resolution: Private Negotiation

Complainant Name: Government of the People's Republic of China
Complainant Nation: China
Complainant Nation Economy: In Transition
Complainant Type: Public: Government

Respondent Name: Sotheby's Hong Kong
Respondent Nation: China
Respondent Nation Economy: Developed
Respondent Type: Private: Company

Reference Links:
Files:

Editor's Notes:
Purchased in Hong Kong by Stanley Ho and then donated to the National Museum in Beijing