The figures speak for themselves. Two out of every three precious objects deemed so historically or aesthetically important that are temporarily banned from leaving the country end up sold overseas anyway, never to return. In 2021-22, the Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest – the independent body of experts that advises the government on national treasures – recommended ministers defer export licences on 16 artefacts up for sale: a mechanism that is supposed to allow a breathing space to raise funds to keep them in Britain.
Of the 15 that ministers opted to place under export bar, however, just three were saved, three are still under deferral – including Portrait of Omai, owned by the Irish businessman John Magnier – and the other nine, including a Cézanne judged “outstanding” by the committee, were or can be exported.
From the Guardian.
Is "15" a fused-head in the NP the 15 that ministers opted to place under export bar?
anonymous Is "15" a fused-head in the NP the 15 that ministers opted to place under export bar? Yes. ) CJ
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anonymousIs "15" a fused-head in the NP the 15 that ministers opted to place under export bar?
Yes. (artifacts would have been the head if it hadn't been fused.)
CJ