Gisele Croes
Gisele Croes
asking near paying
It's real, but not near the $500,000 asking price. I don't see the PLA paying any more than $200,000.
acquire art bronze chinese enhances great home hugely possession power statues symbol ultimate wants
Their bronzes and other artworks are hugely important to the PLA. Possession of great bronze statues is the traditional Chinese symbol of ultimate power. This is why the PLA wants to acquire great art from all over the world. It enhances their power at home and abroad.
eight spent waiting
I've spent eight years waiting to see this?
army army-and-navy business jealous liberation looking others people pieces powerful
The People's Liberation Army is very rich, very powerful and all-knowing. You must keep looking over your shoulder. This is an exceedingly jealous business and I find pieces that others can't find, I know people they don't know.