Following the University of Durham robbery suffered Cambridge. Again, the thieves began to Chinese values, mostly carved jade objects

Items stolen from the Museum of Fitzwilliam, Cambridge. Source: Chinese art has become increasingly popular among British crooks. After robbery Durham University (stolen artifacts, fortunately, a few days ago managed to return ) followed by another - this time at Cambridge University. Last Friday of the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge 18 were stolen valuables. Basically, these things are made of jade, members of the museum's permanent collection.

prey of thieves were, in particular, the six items of the Ming Dynasty era: a carved jade figure of a bull of the XVI century, figure of a horse of the XVII century, jade elephant, jade bowl and a vase with a bronze finish, and drinking bowl for washing brushes. Eight of the stolen items date from the era of the Qing Dynasty, including the desktop screen during the reign of Qianlong, a pitcher and a vase of the XVIII century.

cost of missing items were not disclosed. Police is actively searching for criminals. The head of the investigation has not commented Karen Daber, whether related in its opinion, the two universities in the robberies this month, but we know that Cambridge detectives consulted with the Durham police.

material was prepared by Mary Onuchina, AI

Sources : artinvestment.ru