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:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7918933.stm
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-art-horsehead/looted-chinese-horse-head-to-go-under-the-hammer-idUSHKG34921820070905
https://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/21f/21f.027/garden_perfect_brightness_03/ymy3_essay04.html

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Editor's Notes:

Purchased in Hong Kong by Stanley Ho and then donated to the National Museum in Beijing