Year of Object(s) Creation: 475-1350 B.C.E. (approximate)
Estimated Value ($USD):
Object Type(s): Amphora, Bracelet, Jewelry, Krater, Religious artifact, Sculpture, Vessel
Object Material(s): bronze, ceramic, metal, stone, terracotta, wood
Provenience Nation: Italy
Provenience Location: Italy
Year Removed from Findspot: 1975-1996 (approximate range)

Provenance
Start Year: 2008
End Year:
Circumstance of Acquisition: Given by CMA to Italian Government
Nation: Italy
Location: Italy
Start Year:
End Year: 2006
Circumstance of Acquisition: Acquired by the Cleveland Museum of Art
Nation: United States
Location: Cleveland Museum of Art
Start Year: 1975-1996
End Year:
Circumstance of Acquisition: Looted from original site
Nation: Italy
Location: Italy

13 Greek, Corinthian, Apulian, Etruscan Antiquities And A Processional Cross (Siena)


Description:


Case Status: Object(s) relinquished
Year Claim Initiated: 2006
Year Claim Resolved: 2008
Means of Resolution: Private Negotiation

Complainant Name: Italian Culture Ministry
Complainant Nation: Italy
Complainant Nation Economy: Developed
Complainant Type: Public: Institution

Respondent Name: Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA)
Respondent Nation: United States
Respondent Nation Economy: Developed
Respondent Type: Private: Institution

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Editor's Notes:
The agreement was reached and objects were returned in exchange for a loan of objects with aesthetic and historical similarity for a 25 year period. The objects returned: 1) Pig-shaped Feeding Vessel/Vaso plastico a porcellino. 2) Mule Head Rhyton/Rython a testa di mulo. 3) Sardinian Warrior/Bronzetto nuragico. 4) Apulian Volute Krater by the Darius Painter; Departure of Anphiaros/Cratere a volute a figure rosse. 5) Etruscan Red-figure Duck Askos/Askos ad anatra a figure rosse. 6) Bird Askos/Askos campano ad uccello. 7) Dog “Lekanis” Bowl with Lid/Coppa e coperchio a figure rosse. 8) Apulian Gnathia Flat-Bodied Epichysis/Epichysis tipo Gnathia. 9) Apulian Gnathia Round-Bellied Epichysis/Epichysis tipo Gnathia. 10) Apulian Gnathia Lekythos/Lekythos tipo Gnathia. 11) Acorn Lekythos: An Eros Serving a Lady/Lekythos campana a figure rosse. 12) Corinthian Krater/Cratere a colonnette corinzio. 13) Pair of Bracelets/Due coppie di armille in argento. 14) 14th Century Italian Processional Cross/croce processionale in rame dorato del sec. XIV. Edited by Arianne Ohara.