The Chinese Statue Notes Eng Lit

THE CHINESE STATUEAbout the StoryThe story focuses on a small beautiful statue of Emperor Kung belonging to the Chinese Ming dynasty. It was gifted to Sir Alexander Heathcote, the British Ambassador to China, by a Chinese craftsman. Sir Alexander gave the old man a big white house as a return gift as per an old Chinese custom. The statue was made of ivory. Its base was fitted by the old man himself as it did not have any base. The base was nicely crafted. The statue remains in his family for generations. Each of his heirs – servants and army officers alike – keep the statue very safely as a family heirloom in great glory until the latest descendent of Sir Alexander Heathcote, forced upon very tough times due to reckless gambling, decides to sell the statue. He discovers to his shock that the statue is a fake. Just as, in frustration, he contemplates suicide, he also finds out that the base of the statue is authentic and he makes twenty-two thousand guineas on its sale.SummaryThe statue of Emperor Kung : The narrator, an art lover himself, tells us that a beautiful Chinese statue