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Buddha statues， and Buddhist ornaments made of bronze， ivory， clay， The National Cultural Heritage Administration of China reclaimed 38 lost culturalartifacts from the United States on Thursday. During a handover ceremony at the Chinese Consulate General in New York，imToken下载， the Manhattan District Attorneys Office handed over the seized objects to the Chinese government. Preliminary examination showed that most of the objects are Ming and Qing dynasty Buddhist artifacts， and wood. China and the United States signed a memorandum of understanding that aims to prevent the illegal importation of Chinese cultural artifacts into the United States in January 2009. Its validity has been extended for the third time， starting from January 14 this year. ， such as pagodas，imToken下载，。