National Palace Museum Regulations for the Acquisition of Cultural Relics Article 5

The preliminary appraisal shall proceed in accordance with the following regulations:1. Cultural relics, including their photographic images or the relics per se, must first be evaluated by the preliminary appraisal committee. Only those in line with the Museum’s requirements will be submitted for approval by the intermediate appraisal committee.2. The organization and responsibilities of the preliminary appraisal committee are as follows:Organization: members of the committee shall be selected from the Museum’s collection departments and approved by the Director of the Museum. Domestic or overseas experts and scholars may be brought in if necessary.Responsibilities: members of the committee are expected to evaluate the condition of cultural relics (including inspecting the relics in person), examine proof of provenance, produce reports of research on the cultural relics, collect pricing information, and submit the above materials for approval by the Director of the Museum.
中文原文 國立故宮博物院藏品徵集辦法第5條
預審作業,依下列規定辦理:
一、外界送來之文物,包括照片或實物等,先由本院預審委員會審查,符合本院需求條件者,經簽准後,提送初審會議評審。
二、預審委員會之組織及工作內容如下:
(一)組織:由本院各典藏單位遴選適當人員,經簽奉院長核准後組成。
如有必要得聘國內外專家、學者。
(二)工作內容:審查文物狀況(含目驗)、來源證明、撰寫研究紀錄、蒐集訪價資料等,通過後簽呈院長核准。

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