Sir Percival David’s collection, amassed in the early 1900s, includes prized vases and wine cups. “You simply couldn’t build up a collection like this today,” one expert said. By Alex ...

Trustees of the Sir Percival David Foundation, which owns the works, are to donate 1,700 pieces following a 15-year loan to the London museum. The charitable foundation represents the late British ...

The museum, in Bloomsbury, London, will receive 1,700 pieces from the trustees of the Sir Percival David Foundation. The objects were acquired in Europe, Japan, Hong Kong, and China by British ...

The Sir Percival David Foundation will permanently donate its £1 billion ($1.27 billion) Chinese ceramics collection to the British Museum, following regulatory approval to amend its governing ...

The British Museum has received the highest-value gift in UK museum history as it acquires £1 billion worth of 1,700 pieces of world-renowned Chinese ceramics from the Sir Percival David Foundation.

The British Museum (BM) has boosted its Chinese art holdings after receiving a private collection of 1,700 ceramic items from the trustees of the Sir Percival David Foundation. The museum ...