2021-05-01 23:35:26 GMT2021-05-02 07:35:26(Beijing Time) Xinhua English CHICAGO, May 1 (Xinhua) -- University of Michigan (UM) alumnus William Weese recently gave a gift of art and endowment with a combined value of around 5 million dollars to UM Museum of Art (UMMA). Part of the gift Weese gave to UMMA, which is valued at 3.35 million dollars, are more than 1,000 ceramics and decorative arts from China's Neolithic period to the Ming and Qing dynasties, with some pieces dating back to as early as 3,000 BC. Another part of the gift is a 1.7-million-dollar William C. Weese MD Endowment for Ceramic Arts, which is aimed to "develop, promote and implement programs to further the education, appreciation and understanding of ceramic arts."