Priceless Chinese artefacts found smashed at British Museum risking diplomatic row with Beijing

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Priceless Chinese artefacts have been found smashed at the British Museum, risking a diplomatic row between London and Beijing.A Qing Dynasty porcelain bowl and decorative ceramic box have been mysteriously destroyed after the bowl toppled from its mount inside a display cabinet, shattering both pieces.The incident occurred on Sunday in Room 95 of the museum and CCTV footage has confirmed that nobody was present in the gallery when the bowl fell.The artefacts belong to the Sir Percival David Collection, a trove of Chinese ceramics valued at approximately £1billion.Both pieces date to the Kangxi era (1662–1722) and were originally produced in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province.Photographs taken by Chinese visitors and shared on social media revealed fragments of the shattered porcelain scattered across the lower shelf of the case, sparking fury in China and raising the prospect of a diplomatic confrontation.Museum staff have scrutinised CCTV recordings but remain unable to explain what...

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