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A photographer takes a picture of the
Chinese bronze rat head and rabbit head sculptures displayed on the
preview of the auction of Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Berge's art
collection at the Grand Palais in Paris, France, Feb. 21, 2009. Chinese
lawyers have filed a motion to a French court seeking an injunction to
stop auction house Christie's putting two bronze relics looted from China
under the hammer, lawyers said Friday. The two relics, a bronze rat head
and a bronze rabbit head, were looted from China's imperial summer resort
Yuanmingyuan when it was burnt down by Anglo-French allied forces during
the Second Opium War in 1860. (Xinhua/Zhang Yuwei)
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Chinese lawyers apply for injunction to stop sale of stolen relics
BEIJING, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Chinese lawyers have filed a motion to a French court seeking an injunction to stop auction house Christie's putting two bronze relics looted from China under the hammer, lawyers said Friday.
The application was submitted to a Paris court Thursday night, four days before the auction scheduled to be held from Feb. 23 to 25 in Paris, said Liu Yang, head of a group of almost 90 lawyers. Full story
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Photo taken on Feb. 21, 2009 shows the
Chinese bronze rat head sculpture displayed on the preview of the auction
of Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Berge's art collection at the Grand
Palais in Paris, France. (Xinhua/Zhang Yuwei)
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