Items seized in New York include pottery, jade, bronze and Tibetan Buddhist art, some dating back thousands of years.
The US has returned 41 artefacts and antiques to China as part of a repatriation deal to help Beijing retrieve looted and smuggled relics.
The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office in New York handed over the items to China’s National Cultural Heritage Administration on Tuesday, according to state-owned broadcaster CCTV.
CCTV said the 41 relics had been “illegally exported from China”.
The administration was informed through the Chinese consulate in New York that the Manhattan prosecutor’s office had seized the 41 items while handling cases, according to the report.
It added that the administration had worked closely with the consulate to return the items.
Anna Melnykova, "Palace of Labor (palats praci), architector I. Pretro, 1916", shot with analog Canon camera, 35 mm Fuji film in March 2022.
ArtDependence Magazine is an international magazine covering all spheres of contemporary art, as well as modern and classical art.
ArtDependence features the latest art news, highlighting interviews with today’s most influential artists, galleries, curators, collectors, fair directors and individuals at the axis of the arts.
The magazine also covers series of articles and reviews on critical art events, new publications and other foremost happenings in the art world.
If you would like to submit events or editorial content to ArtDependence Magazine, please feel free to reach the magazine via the contact page.
