Thursday, September 25, 2008

Ready To Lend A Han

Antique Needed More Than A Quick Fix

A museum curator in China has been dismissed after gluing a broken antique back together instead of reporting the damage. The antique, a wooden turtle dove more than 2,000 years old and dating from China's Han Dynasty, had its beak broken when it was transported by museum staff to an antique storage cabinet a year ago.

FOOTNOTE: Lead on, Mac dove.

8 comments:

  1. Sounds like it was a "cheep" fix. At least he didn't put its nose to the grindstone!

    Peace - D

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  2. Aha! Someone notice a "quack" in the old duck. Pappy

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  3. Just loving the clever comments everyone has.
    Bear((( )))

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  4. I guess the poor curator had a problem with "crack"

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  5. Hmm...someone must have wished him luck along the line, you think? Poor Dove
    Sandi

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  6. can't help but smile...as l work in a museum...and when l'm on the 'exhibition changeover team'...I always think **** what if I break something during the hang or take down....

    so far so good...I wouldn't be the first then!!

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  7. Alternate Footnote:

    Vase the facts...

    Bradley
    The Egel Nest

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  8. Was he sent up before the beak?

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