Priceless Pieces for London Exhibition London, Oct. 18.
"Wherever you touch a new source of Chinese art, it appears more and more wonderful," said Mr. Leigh Ashton, of the Victoria and Albert Museum, on his return from Moscow whither he had been to request the Soviet Government to lend some of their Chinese treasures for the ex. hibition at Burlington House The Soviet Government was most ready and helpful. They are lending between 30 and 40 pieces.
"The gems of the collection," said Mr. Leigh Ashton are some Taoist silk tapestries of 200 AD. They represent Taoist Gods, horsemen riding Jamong clouds and' pilgrims on the mystic Way. One is of a landscape, which ig an extremely unusual subject among known works of ancient "Another wonderful piece is a lac quer bowl, dated in the year 5 AD, from the tomb of a Syrian chief who traded with China. All these were {found at Balaika, in Mongolis, by a man named Vozlov.
"Another lovely piece from Russia is a necklace of wrought sold, of the Ming dynasty in the 15th century."
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