BBC News reports that a seventeenth-century Chinese porcelain vase accidentally smashed when an art museum visitor tripped on a shoelace is back on display after being restored. The vase, from the Qing Dynasty, was broken in January when Nick Flynn crashed into it at the UK's Fitzwilliam Museum. Specialist ceramic restorer Penny Bendall glued together 113 pieces ahead of an exhibition about art restoration. She also hopes to restore two similar vases broken in the same incident. The initial clear-up operation took two and a half days. The three vases are part of a set of five with an estimated value of between £200,000 and £300,000.
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Art Of The Restorer on Display
BBC News reports that a seventeenth-century Chinese porcelain vase accidentally smashed when an art museum visitor tripped on a shoelace is back on display after being restored. The vase, from the Qing Dynasty, was broken in January when Nick Flynn crashed into it at the UK's Fitzwilliam Museum. Specialist ceramic restorer Penny Bendall glued together 113 pieces ahead of an exhibition about art restoration. She also hopes to restore two similar vases broken in the same incident. The initial clear-up operation took two and a half days. The three vases are part of a set of five with an estimated value of between £200,000 and £300,000.
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