Discussion of the archaeological ethics surrounding the collecting of antiquities and archaeological material.
Monday 16 February 2015
Palmyran head for sale
I noticed some time ago (December 2013) that there was a 'Palmyran limestone head' for sale on eBay. It was even used to illustrate two lectures in Cambridge.
The head has now been discounted at $3,900. Its collecting history has been given as "Provenance: Private NYC Collection, Ex Arte Primitivo." What are the dates? What documentation has been provided?
Note that the vendor is 'palmyraheritagemorriskhouligallery'.
The head also appears on the Palmyra Heritage website but at the undiscounted price.
The gallery is apparently run by Morris Khouli, For further information see here.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Another Bubon bronze head likely to be repatriated
It appears that a bronze head acquired by the J. Paul Getty Museum from Nicolas Koutoulakis has been removed from display and appears to be...
-
Source: Sotheby's A marble head of Alexander the Great has been seized in New York (reported in " Judge Orders Return of Ancien...
-
Cup seized from New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art The New York Times has run a discussion of one of the Attic red-figured cups seize...
-
The Fire of Hephaistos exhibition included "seven bronzes ... that have been linked to the Bubon cache of imperial statues" (p. 1...
No comments:
Post a Comment