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ЛОНДОН. centrepiece CHINESE exhibition of bronzes, УTreasures from ShanghaiФ, in the British Museum LondonТs appears to excavate unlawfully within past several years. However, this - now lawfully property a Museum Shanghai. British show a Museum - first bronze is shown.

The Keeper of Shanghai Zhou Ya notes that example in the loan - Уunlike anything else known from ChinaФ. Only six other bronze stands of drum known: five be excavated by archeologists between 1978 and 2002 and one was gained by other facilities (in the Museum of Art Poly now, Beijing).

Museum of Shanghai did not give details, when and as a stand of drum in London of exhibition was приобретен. In the China, main antiquities from illegal sources sometimes bought by powers for muses to prevent their be carried by the contraband abroad. However, be enxieties that this promotes an illegal digging.

This unclear inheres stand of drum within MuseumТs British managing principles. Policy of loans has approved a last September, indicates that museum will be a loan Уnot on any exhibition, which includes objects, which were...unlawfully excavatedФ and in the request of loans it observes Уthe same principlesФ. However, this could was argued that that Museum of Shanghai now possesses an item voids these considerations.

However, enxiety denominated on the loan. Professor of Archeologist Colin Renfrew, British trustee a Museum before 2001, have said last month that Уa small more due diligence in this case, probably, was usefulФ.

British Museum spokesнwoman has selected, which stand of drum - Уincontestably Chinese object, it left with the Chinese state approval, and borrow was approved by Cultural Relics BureauФ, and Уwe to feel him it is important to allow a public access to this remarkable objectФ. Museum has said that it Уnot knowing that object was unlawfully excavatedФ. However, it does an illegal excavation Уdeplore and loss archeological contextФ. УTreasures from ShanghaiФ runnings before 27 March.