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British Museum Gets a Giant Gift

British Museum receives donation of Chinese ceramics worth $1.27 billion

The 1,700 pieces of world-renowned Chinese ceramics constitute the largest donation in the British Museum’s nearly 300-year history.

The New York Times · 3d

The British Museum Gets a Giant Gift: $1.27 Billion of Chinese Ceramics

Sir Percival David’s collection, amassed in the early 1900s, includes prized vases and wine cups. “You simply couldn’t build up a collection like this today,” one expert said.

BBC on MSN · 3d

British Museum given £1bn of Chinese ceramics

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. The addition of the items from the Sir Percival David Foundation will also make the museum's stock of the antiques one of the most important outside of the Chinese-speaking world.

London Evening Standard2d

British Museum gifted huge collection of Chinese ceramics worth staggering £1billion

Trustees of the Sir Percival David Foundation to donate 1,700 pieces of Chinese ceramics to the London museum Vases ...

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British Museum to receive donation of Chinese ceramics worth US$1.27 billion

The British Museum is to receive the highest-value gift in UK museum history as it acquires £1 billion (US$1.27 billion) ...

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