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.
British Museum Secures Historic Chinese Ceramics Donation
The British Museum has received a historic donation of 1,700 Chinese ceramics valued at around 1 billion pounds. Donated by the Percival David Foundation, this is the largest gift in the museum's history.
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.
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.
British Museum to receive hefty donation of world-renowned Chinese ceramics
The British Museum said on Wednesday it would receive 1,700 pieces of world-renowned Chinese ceramics worth around 1 billion pounds ($1.27 billion), in the largest donation in its nearly 300-year history.
British Museum Secures Record £1bn Donation Of Chinese Ceramics
A 1,700-piece private collection of Chinese ceramics with an estimated value of £1 billion ($1.27 billion) has been donated to the British Museum -- a record for any UK institution.
British Museum Receives $1.2 B. Worth of Chinese Ceramics, the Largest Gift in its History
The British Museum has been gifted one of the world's most prodigious collections of Chinese ceramics, worth £1 billion ($1.27 billion), in what is likely the highest-value donation of art ever received by a UK museum.
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