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Tuesday, September 10, 2013

hunt for crooks who looted treasures worth millions

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception 

Nineteen arrested in dawn raids across Britain - including a traveller camp - over series of break-ins that targeted Chinese artefacts worth millions


Recumbent buffalo statue
Beast
Jade: A 'recumbant buffalo' and an 'imaginary beast', two statuettes stolen from Cambridge's Fitzwilliam Museum in April 2012

Jade lion statue
Recumbent horse statue
Reward: Police are still searching for many of the artefacts that were stolen

Jade vase
Table screen
Antique: The Chinese artefacts date back to the Qing dynasty

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