Mother Goddess auction: Christie's halts sale of 'stolen' $1m Bronze Age pagan icon after Sardinia campaigns for its return
Michael Day (2014). Mother Goddess auction: Christie's halts sale of 'stolen' $1m Bronze Age pagan icon after Sardinia campaigns for its return. The Independent. 2 December.
Title | Mother Goddess auction: Christie's halts sale of 'stolen' $1m Bronze Age pagan icon after Sardinia campaigns for its return |
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Publication Date | 2nd Dec 2014 |
Author | Michael Day |
Source | The Independent |
Country | Italy, United States of America |
Region | Europe, Americas |
Art type | Antiquities |
Subject | Theft, Market, Return |
Comments | Christies has agreed to halt the sale of the statuette which seems to be the one that Christos Tsirogiannis identified as having come from Medici. |
Link | http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/news/mother-goddess-auction-christies-halts-sale-of-stolen-1m-bronze-age-pagan-icon-after-sardinia-campaigns-for-its-return-9898920.html |
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