THE ARCHIVE BY COUNTRY
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A country may refer to the theft, recovery, return or legal proceedings. A case can be linked to more than one country.
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Knews reported on 7 November that the National Gallery of Australia handed two limestone heads from Northern Song imperial tombs in Henan to Chinese heritage authorities in Canberra on 28 October 2026. They depict a civil official from Yongchang Mausoleum and a military official from Yongyu Mausoleum. Photo: Embassy of China in Australia.
Xiao Yuan in court; China Culture Image source ↗
Reporting based on the court’s statement says Xiao Yuan admitted taking 143 works from the academy library. Judgment was pending.
A buyer who paid 2.3 million yuan before fees for a painting catalogued as Pond by Wu Guanzhong asked to rescind the sale. Beijing’s First Intermediate People’s Court rejected his claim against the consignor and Beijing Hanhai. Contextual portrait of Wu Guanzhong by Chua Soo Bin, via Tsinghua University Art Museum.
