July 30, 2020

Restitution: Lot 448, Christie's

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Early last November we wrote a blog post asking Christie's about an interesting polychrome painted 5th century BCE antefix in the f...
July 29, 2020

A flourishing trade in illicit antiquities despite what the market wants the public to believe

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Way back in February 1998 thieves arrived at the Baroli Temples Complex on the outskirts of Rawatbhata taluk, one of the earliest templ...
July 24, 2020

Restitution in the time of COVID-19: A fertility statuette representing a mother goddess returns to Iraq

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Modeled from clay and painted, this female figurine replete with voluptuous curves, and depicted naked and sitting with her arms folded ...
July 20, 2020

Auction Alert: Gorny & Mosch - four plus four more

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Last Wednesday ARCA wrote about four canopic jars of Djed-Ka-Re, Vizier of Upper Egypt coming up for auction with Gorny & Mosch in G...
July 17, 2020

Greek Police arrest accountant for the possession of 5,533 ancient coins and other antiquities.

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Image Credit:  Hellenic Police Services On Wednesday, 15 July 2020 a 64-year-old accountant was taken into custody in Greece following ...
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July 16, 2020

In difesa della bellezza: quando la cooperazione ci restituisce un patrimonio prezioso

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Martedì 24 giugno a Palazzo Pitti è stata inaugurata una nuova mostra dal titolo “Storie di pagine dipinte. Miniature recuperate dai Cara...

When a church loses its Madonna can cultural diplomacy help her find her way back home?

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On 9 July 1985 the Parish Church of San Felice Martire, located in S. Felice a Cancello, Italy suffered a horrendous loss.  Their gilded ...
July 15, 2020

Auction Alert: Gorny & Mosch - four canopic jars of Djed-Ka-Re, Vizier of Upper Egypt

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Lot 278, Set of four canopic jars of Djed-Ka-Re, Vizier of Upper Egypt was once in the Kunsthistorisches Museum (KHM), now on auction wit...
July 8, 2020

When the market incentivises plunder: Unravelling the laundering of the Eldarir family legacy.

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For the last two days I have been pouring over the known objects that have sales "fingerprints" which demonstrate a likelihoo...