Category: Bronze Ware
Birth Age: Years of the Qianlong Reign in Qing Dynasty
Original Ascription: One of Bronze Statues of Zodiac Animal Heads in front of Haiyan Hall of the Western Building at the Former Yuanmingyuan
Current Status: Be robbed in the Burning Accident of The Imperial Palace in 1860 and then flowed to abroad and has been missing ever since.
Brief: Bronze dragon head is one of the 12 big zodiac animal water fountains in former Yuanmingyuan, and was been robbed by Eight-Power Allied Forces and flowed to abroad ever since.
Chinese Art Treasure --- Bronze Statue of Snake Head
Name: Bronze Statue of Snake Head
Category: Bronze Ware
Birth Age: Years of the Qianlong Reign in Qing Dynasty
Original Ascription: One Bronze Statues of 12 Zodiac animal heads in front of Haiyan Hall of the Western Building at the Former Yuanmingyuan
Current Status: Be robbed in the Burning Accident of The Imperial Palace in 1860 and then flowed to abroad and has been missing ever since.
Brief: Bronze snake head is one of the 12 big zodiac animal water fountains in former Yuanmingyuan, and was been robbed by Eight-Power Allied Forces and flowed to abroad ever since.
Chinese Art Treasure --- Bronze Statue of Horse Head
Name: Bronze Statue of Horse Head
Category: Bronze Ware
Birth Age: Years of the Qianlong Reign in Qing Dynasty
Original Ascription:
Original Ascription:
Bronze Statues in front of Haiyan Hall of the Western Building at the Former Yuanmingyuan
Current Status: Be robbed in the Burning Accident of The Imperial Palace in 1860 and stored in France later. In 2007 it was bought by Mr. He Hongshen and be contributed to the government of China, now it is collected at Beijing Baoli Museum.
Chinese Art Treasure --- Bronze Statue of Sheep Head
Name: Bronze Statue of Sheep Head
Category: Bronze Ware
Birth Age: Years of the Qianlong Reign in Qing Dynasty
Birth Age: Years of the Qianlong Reign in Qing Dynasty
Original Ascription: Bronze Statues in front of Haiyan Hall of the Western Building at the Former Yuanmingyuan
Current Status: Be robbed in the Burning Accident of The Imperial Palace in 1860 and then flowed to abroad and has been missing ever since.
* Following events of French Christie's auction for Yuanmingyuan cultural relics of two bronze animal heads:
Mr. Luo Zhewen, the Honorary Chairman of Chinese Society for the Protection of Cultural Relics said: The person who buy these two animal heads is a big head in the pool
Honorary President of the Chinese Society for the Protection of Cultural Relics, leader of ancient architecture team of State Bureau of Cultural Relics Mr. Luo Zhewen estimated that no one will buy, it is a self-hype, Christie's despicable action, it not only has in violation of relevant international conventions, but also take the crime evidence to do transactions, and making huge profits with evil.
Original words of Mr. Luo are: "the 12 zodiac animal heads are only one part of numerous components of the large-scale building of Yuanmingyuan, they are no more than general decorative accessories, whose artistic value and economic value are not high, they are just sprinkler heads of big water fountains".
"They are evidences of the past crimes, who bought who cheated, and who is the big head in the pool, because Yuanmingyuan animal heads can hardly belong to national treasures, it is just ordinary building accessories, and whose true value is no more than a few hundred thousand dollars".
"They are evidences of the past crimes, who bought who cheated, and who is the big head in the pool, because Yuanmingyuan animal heads can hardly belong to national treasures, it is just ordinary building accessories, and whose true value is no more than a few hundred thousand dollars".
=== Brief Introduction of Luo Zhewen ===
Former student of famous ancient architect of Liang Sicheng and Liu Dunzhen, and had started to study Yuanmingyuan ruins as early as before more than half a century, he has engaged in the study of Chinese ancient landscape architecture for nearly 70 years, now he is already 86 years old, and has got very high respect and reputation in the industry of Chinese cultural relics.
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* Original address of this China gift post: China Gift and Fine Arts & Crafts in China
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