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 ...
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British Museum given its most valuable gift ever
Two 600-year-old David Vases are part of the £1bn gift [PA Media] The British Museum is to receive what is believed to be the highest-value gift ever received by a UK museum with the acquisition ...
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British Museum Receives Donation Worth $1.2 Billion—the Largest Gift in U.K. Museum History
The British Museum has received a donation of Chinese treasures worth more than $1 billion from the Sir Percival David ...
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British Museum to receive highest-value gift in UK history with £1bn collection
The David vases are among the items being donated to the museum (British Museum/PA) The collection has been on loan to the museum since 2009 in the specially designed bilingual Room 95 ...