2008 Annual Report - World Monuments Fund

Puning Si grant
On hand to announce a grant
for the restoration of the
50-foot-tall wooden Buddhist
figures were Hui Wang, Chief
of Administration Department,
Puning Si; Jinhua
Wang, Director of Scientific
Research Section, Chinese
Academy of Culture Heritage;
Henry Tzu Ng, Executive Vice
President, WMF; Dave Keung,
Vice President, American
Express International; and
Tong La Ga, Vice Director,
Puning Si.
John Cheere Sculpture on display
After restoration in London, John Cheere’s
The Story of Melos went on display at Tate
Britain before being returned to the gardens
of Queluz Palace in Portugal, where it figures
among the extensive collection of 18thcentury
lead sculpture.
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