RARE royal artifacts will be on display for the first time in 170 years.

Items of art and furniture owned by George IV will return to the Royal Pavilion, Brighton, for the first time since 19th century.

The Royal Collection loan of more than 124 unique decorative items will take their place back in the grandeur of the Royal Pavilion while extensive building work is being carried out in the East Wing at Buckingham Palace.

Pieces in the exhibition include 15-foot high porcelain pagodas and the Kylin Clock, as well as other royal sculptures and items of furniture.

The items were commissioned or bought by the Prince Regent, who transformed a former lodging house in Brighton into the extravagant palace inspired by designs from India and the Far East.

The exhibition will run from September 21 until the autumn of 2021.

Keeper of the Royal Pavilion David Beevers said: “We are thrilled to have so many pieces commissioned by George IV for the Royal Pavilion to be on display here.

“They are beautiful items with a wonderful history linking them to the Pavilion. We are so grateful to Her Majesty the Queen for giving us this opportunity to display them in their original setting as they were nearly two hundred years ago.”

Councillor Alan Robins, chairman of the tourism, development and culture committee at Brighton and Hove City Council, said: “We are delighted to receive this loan from the Royal Collection.

“I’m sure many of our residents and visitors to the city will be keen to see these splendid pieces in the ideal setting of the Royal Pavilion.”

The Royal Pavilion is considered George IV’s most exotic extravagance.

The Prince of Wales first visited Brighton in 1783 and he became king in 1820.

Four years later he commissioned the Pavilion to be built.

Construction on the building was completed in 1823.