Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/the-daily-frame-203 Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter The Daily Frame Arts Jul 18, 2012 11:34 AM EDT Click to enlarge. Godffrey Evans, principal curator of European Applied Art, holds a Byzantine sardonyx bowl mounted on a 16th century gold stand, the most valuable object to enter the collection of the National Museum of Scotland. Acquired from the estate of the late Edmund de Rothschild, the object was allocated to museum under the acceptance in lieu scheme, which allows donors to leave major works of art to the nation in lieu of inheritance tax. Photo by Jeff J. Mitchell/Getty Images. We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now
Click to enlarge. Godffrey Evans, principal curator of European Applied Art, holds a Byzantine sardonyx bowl mounted on a 16th century gold stand, the most valuable object to enter the collection of the National Museum of Scotland. Acquired from the estate of the late Edmund de Rothschild, the object was allocated to museum under the acceptance in lieu scheme, which allows donors to leave major works of art to the nation in lieu of inheritance tax. Photo by Jeff J. Mitchell/Getty Images. We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now