webfact Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 Historic pots returned from US By The Nation Nation/Vorawit Pumpuang An American donor has returned her private collection of 12 prehistoric Ban Chiang pottery pieces to the Thai government, according to Deputy Director of Fine Art Department Prateep Phengtako. Foreign Ministry information chief Busadee Santipitaks, left, and deputy director of the Fine Art Department Prateep Phengtako at the Foreign Ministry in Bangkok with the Ban Chiang pieces. “On behalf of the Thai government, we would like to thank the collector and the US government for returning our national treasures to the kingdom,” Prateep told a press conference on Thursday at the Foreign Ministry. The latest returned Baan Chiang collection follows the successful Thai-US agreement to return Thai art to the kingdom. In 2014, the US returned more than 500 prehistoric Ban Chiang artefacts from the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, California. “The Thai government has been working with the US Department of Homeland Security and American archaeologist Joyce White, who is an expert on Ban Chiang pottery, to bring this collection back to Thailand,” said Foreign Ministry information chief Busadee Santipitaks. The Foreign Ministry on Thursday officially handed in the returned artefacts to the Fine Art Department. The returned collection - mostly in good condition - dated between 1,800 to 4,300 years old. “We will register all artefacts as national treasures and will conserve them for our new national museum in Pratum Thani’s Klong 5,” Prateep said, adding that work continued to return more items from the US. Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30355808 -- © Copyright The Nation 2018-10-05 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxYakov Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 Ban Chiang - Wiki 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyezhov Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 Nice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post claffey Posted October 5, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted October 5, 2018 Great. Now maybe Britain and France can return all the artifacts they pillaged from their fallen empires over the last 400 years?????? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyezhov Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 Since I have already been to the British Museum and the Louve, time to send all that stuff back ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DrTuner Posted October 5, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted October 5, 2018 They up for resale in ebay yet? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unblocktheplanet Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 'Bout time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzaa09 Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 On 10/5/2018 at 12:43 AM, DrTuner said: They up for resale in ebay yet? Where've you been? Alibaba - exclusively. ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluespunk Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 (edited) No doubt other regional governments will be hoping for the return of treasures of their own... Edited October 11, 2018 by Bluespunk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oziex1 Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 On 10/5/2018 at 3:43 PM, DrTuner said: They up for resale in ebay yet? The copies are. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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