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A Paris court rejected a bid to block
the sale of two bronze sculptures looted from China that are to be
auctioned with the art collection of the late fashion designer Yves Saint
Laurent, a court official said on Monday, the Reuters reported.(Xinhua
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Paris court refuses to stop sale of
looted Chinese bronzes
PARIS, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- A Paris court on Monday ruled
against stopping the sale of two looted Chinese bronze sculptures which come up
for auction at Christie's on Wednesday.
Under the ruling of the Tribunal de Grande Instance in
Paris, the plaintiff, the Association for the Protection of Chinese Art in
Europe (APACE), was ordered to pay compensation to the defendant. Full story
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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 move to block auction
of relics
BEIJING, Feb. 23 -- A group of
Chinese lawyers is now at work in Paris, trying to stop the auction house
Christie's from selling two precious relics looted from Beijing's Old Summer
Palace.
The auction of the bronze sculptures of a mouse head and a
rabbit head is scheduled to take place in the French capital on Wednesday. Full story
Stolen Chinese
relics displayed at Paris auction preview
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
Auction raises row over China's lost
treasures
BEIJING, Feb. 20 --
Two lost treasures of Beijing's Old Summer Palace will go on the auction block
in Paris on February the 25th. The controversial sale has raised concerns among
Chinese societies around the world. Many are teaming up to retrieve the items in
the courts. CCTV reporter Pan Deng follows the latest development.
Take a wild guess on how much these two sculptures
are worth. Full story
China wants back imperial
treasures
BEIJING, Feb. 13 -- China has demanded the return of
looted imperial bronzes scheduled to be auctioned off in Paris as part of the
disposal of the estate of the late French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent.
The sculptures of a rat head and rabbit disappeared
in 1860, when French and British forces sacked the former Imperial Summer Palace
on the outskirts of Beijing at the close of the second Opium War. Full story
