Professor Nick Pearce, the Sir John Richmond Chair of Fine Art at the University of Glasgow in Scotland, will discuss his current research on looted objects from the Second China War of 1860, focusing specifically on the Sino-Tibetan skull cup known as the Skull of Confucius. His pioneering Chinese Art Research into Provenance (CARP) database can be accessed at http://carp.arts.gla.ac.uk/.

This lecture will be held in conjunction with the exhibition "This is no less curious": Journeys through the Collection.