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THE announcement by Sir George Hill and Sir Eric Maclagan that the British and Victoria and Albert Museums, assisted by the National Art-Collections Fund and other donors, have secured the Eumorfopoulos collection for the nation is a source of intense gratification to a wide circle. Not only is the collection of Far Eastern art made by Mr. George Eumorfopoulos the finest in existence, but also the combination of informed taste, opportunity and the necessary financial resources which has made its assembly possible is not likely to recur. The aesthetic, historical and scientific significance of these examples of the artistic activities in every form and material of the peoples of the Far East, and more especially of the Chinese, from the first millennium B.C. onward, has been made widely known by the generosity of its owner, as well as in monographs devoted to the study of specific examples or of classes of objects. In future, a collection of the highest educational value will be available for the instruction of a wider public, more especially if as a whole or in part it should be incorporated in the much desired central Museum of Asiatic Art, which this acquisition may have brought a stage nearer. Nearly one half the purchase money is available to be handed over forthwith to secure the immediate possession of a proportionate part of the collection. An early and ready response to the appeal of Sir George Hill and Sir Eric Maclagan for contributions towards the balance of the cost will be a graceful recognition of the public spirit of the owner in accepting a relatively low figure for what is, in effect, a priceless collection.
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Eumorfopoulos Collection. Nature 135, 60 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/135060b0
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