Despite Frigid Relations, Chinese Relics Coming Home From Norway

[Nan Yang]

Seven marble columns from the Old Summer Palace in Beijing at the KODE Art Museums in Bergen, Norway. Under an agreement with a Chinese property developer, they will be returned to China this autumn.

Seven marble columns from the Old Summer Palace in Beijing, acquired more than a century ago by a former Norwegian cavalry officer who had settled in China, are set to return home this fall under an agreement between a Norwegian museum and a Chinese businessman.

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[eazzy]

Are these from the European style part of old summer palace ?