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Liz Dawson

PARIS - Controversy regarding Yves Saint-Laurent art sale

Posted on November 4, 2008 at 6:15 PM.

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Two pieces of art in particular from Yves Saint-Laurent's collection have provoked Chinese anger: bronze animal heads from the "Zodiac Clock" at the imperial Summer Palace in Beijing. All 12 heads disappeared during or after the sacking of the palace by French and British troops during the Second Opium War in 1860. A number before now have come up at auction in the west and Hong Kong.

Chinese fury at Yves Saint-Laurent art sale due in Paris (Telegraph)

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