The ‘Looting’ of the Belitung Treasures
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
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.
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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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