The ‘Looting’ of the Belitung Treasures
The Singapore government is holding a large exhibition of Tang Dynasty treasures taken from a shipwreck in Bangka Belitung waters in 1998. At the time Indonesia received very little compensation.
April 6, 2011
THE jars, bowls, cups and boxes produced during the Tang Dynasty buried at the bottom of the Straits of Belitung for more than a thousand years can now be enjoyed in neat glass boxes. Just go to the ArtScience Museum in Singapore, a new museum located in the area of Marina Bay which is in the same complex as the Singapore casino.
Singapore has carried out a mass advertising campaign for the exhibition. On Orchard Road are many banners displaying
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