Experts head to States to help restore relics
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May 8, 2010, Saturday
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THREE Chinese archeologists departed yesterday for the United States to help with the restoration of two Chinese Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD) relics housed at the University of Pennsylvania.
The university asked the Daming Palace Foundation, from northwestern China's Shaanxi Province capital Xi'an, to recruit experts to help with restoration of two horse sculpture reliefs, which were smuggled to the US in 1914, said a foundation spokesman.
The relics were among six stone horse carvings discovered in the Mausoleum of Emperor Li Shimin (599-649 AD), "Taizong" of the Tang Dynasty, in Shaanxi.
The other four are housed in the Museum of Ancient Steles in Xi'an.
The spokesman said the three Chinese experts would give much needed advice on the restoration of the relics.
"The two horse reliefs over thousands of years have decayed and been damaged by humans. They were even once cut into several pieces by tomb robbers for transport," said Zhou Ping, one of the three experts.
She said it was no easy job to restore the relics.
The six horse reliefs once lined the corridor of the emperor's mausoleum. According to historical documents, the carvings were modeled on the emperor's favorite horses.
The university asked the Daming Palace Foundation, from northwestern China's Shaanxi Province capital Xi'an, to recruit experts to help with restoration of two horse sculpture reliefs, which were smuggled to the US in 1914, said a foundation spokesman.
The relics were among six stone horse carvings discovered in the Mausoleum of Emperor Li Shimin (599-649 AD), "Taizong" of the Tang Dynasty, in Shaanxi.
The other four are housed in the Museum of Ancient Steles in Xi'an.
The spokesman said the three Chinese experts would give much needed advice on the restoration of the relics.
"The two horse reliefs over thousands of years have decayed and been damaged by humans. They were even once cut into several pieces by tomb robbers for transport," said Zhou Ping, one of the three experts.
She said it was no easy job to restore the relics.
The six horse reliefs once lined the corridor of the emperor's mausoleum. According to historical documents, the carvings were modeled on the emperor's favorite horses.
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