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By Jane Chen |
June 18, 2010, Friday
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GOVERNMENT officials are hunting for 122 calligraphy works after the collector who donated them alleged political advisers had secretly taken some of them home.
Zhuo Deng, 62, told today's Beijing News that he donated 122 works by renowned artist Yu Youren to Xianyang City Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in 1986.
Yu (1879-1964), a Chinese scholar known for his efforts in helping to overthrow the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) and founding the Republic of China, is regarded as the modern sage of cursive script.
Zhuo said he was awarded membership to the committee after the donation. But he was told by an official that some senior bureaucrats had taken some of the paintings to hang in their own homes, the report said.
Lu Hua, secretary-general of the 1st Xianyang CPPCC Committee, admitted he had received Zhuo's donation on behalf of the committee. But the donation was of little value as many works did not have Yu's signature, he said.
Lu said someone had advised him to take home some of the scrolls for his personal collection. But he dared not because the artworks were listed as relics. Some officials did take some, he admitted.
A copy of Zhuo's donation list showed only nine works were not signed.
Xianyang CPPCC Committee's current chairman Li Xiaomin told Beijing News that as he was newly appointed, he had no idea of the whereabouts of a donation made 24 years ago.
But the city government is investigating the matter, he said.
Zhuo Deng, 62, told today's Beijing News that he donated 122 works by renowned artist Yu Youren to Xianyang City Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in 1986.
Yu (1879-1964), a Chinese scholar known for his efforts in helping to overthrow the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) and founding the Republic of China, is regarded as the modern sage of cursive script.
Zhuo said he was awarded membership to the committee after the donation. But he was told by an official that some senior bureaucrats had taken some of the paintings to hang in their own homes, the report said.
Lu Hua, secretary-general of the 1st Xianyang CPPCC Committee, admitted he had received Zhuo's donation on behalf of the committee. But the donation was of little value as many works did not have Yu's signature, he said.
Lu said someone had advised him to take home some of the scrolls for his personal collection. But he dared not because the artworks were listed as relics. Some officials did take some, he admitted.
A copy of Zhuo's donation list showed only nine works were not signed.
Xianyang CPPCC Committee's current chairman Li Xiaomin told Beijing News that as he was newly appointed, he had no idea of the whereabouts of a donation made 24 years ago.
But the city government is investigating the matter, he said.
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