Re: Burglary at Empress Eugénie's Chinese Museum in Fontainebleau Archived Message
Posted by Lorenzo on March 2, 2015, 12:46 am, in reply to "Burglary at Empress Eugénie's Chinese Museum in Fontainebleau"
What a pity ! I hope these objects will soon find their way back to the Palace --Previous Message-- : The following information is not about : "jewels" in the strict usual sense : of the word, so is possibly on the verge of : being off topic, but as it is : royal/imperial-related, and as it is about : jewels (in the extensive sense of the word), : I think this information might be of : interest anyway. : : Yesterday (Sunday 1st March, 2015), at : around 6:00 AM, the Chinese Museum located : in the Château de Fontainebleau (about 60 : kms South-East from Paris and a : long-standing royal/imperial residence from : the early Middle-Ages to the end of the 19th : century) was the target of a quick, but very : "efficient" burglary. : : The "Chinese Museum" was created : in 1863 by Empress Eugenie, wife of Napoleon : III (Emperor of the French from 1852 to : 1870), and has always been located at its : present place, at the groundfloor of the : "Big Pavilion" of the Castle. It : houses dozens of artefacts of Asian arts : (statues, vases, porcelain...) collected by : the Imperial couple - mostly with pieces : coming from the plundering of Beijing's : Summer Palace in 1860 and with gifts : presented to the Imperial couple by the : ambassadors of the King of Siam (now : Thailand) in 1861. : : Despite the alarms and the CCTV cameras, the : burglars were able to enter the Chinese : Museum and to steal about 15 pieces from the : collections. Unfortunately, they could leave : before the police could intervene. They are : of course intensively searched by the : police. : : Among the pieces which have been stolen are: : : - a golden crown from the King of Thailand : (a gift from the King to the Emperor in : 1861): : : : - a Tibetan mandala: : : : - a Chinese enamelled chimera, dating back : to the reign of Emperor Qienlong : (1736-1795): : : : Vases and other chimeras are among the other : stolen pieces. : : More information about this very sad event : (in French): : http://chateaudefontainebleau.fr/Actualites : : http://www.lefigaro.fr/arts-expositions/2015/03/01/03015-20150301ARTFIG00132-important-vol-d-oeuvres-d-art-au-musee-chinois-de-fontainebleau.php : : http://www.larepublique77.fr/2015/03/01/spectaculaire-cambriolage-au-chateau-de-fontainebleau/ : : http://www.leparisien.fr/fontainebleau-77300/fontainebleau-des-pieces-uniques-en-or-volees-au-chateau-01-03-2015-4567215.php#xtref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.fr%2Fimgres%3Fimgurl%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fs3.lprs1.fr%252Fimages%252F2015%252F03%252F01%252F4567215_11-1-902670626_545x460_autocrop.jpg%24imgrefurl%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.leparisien.fr%252Ffontainebleau-77300%252Ffontainebleau-des-pieces-uniques-en-or-volees-au-chateau-01-03-2015-4567215.php%24h%3D360%24w%3D545%24tbnid%3DFLETQjOrUEJlGM%253A%24zoom%3D1%24docid%3DYr38wMWADxtV5M%24hl%3Dfr%24ei%3DeaTzVN6hIcTpUqC3g9gC%24tbm%3Disch%24iact%3Drc%24uact%3D3%24dur%3D771%24page%3D1%24start%3D0%24ndsp%3D34%24ved%3D0CGEQrQMwEg : : : : :
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