Year of Object(s) Creation: 300 C.E. (approximate)
Estimated Value ($USD): 10,000,000
Object Type(s): Amphora, Bust, Food/Drink Container, Statue
Object Material(s): bronze, marble, terracotta
Provenience Nation: Italy
Provenience Location: Italy
Year Removed from Findspot:

Provenance
Start Year: 2022
End Year:
Circumstance of Acquisition: Given to Italian Govt. by New York City Metropolitan Museum of Art
Nation: Italy
Location: Italy
Start Year: 1979
End Year: 2022
Circumstance of Acquisition: Purchased from Gianfranco Becchina's Galerie Antike Kunst Palladion in Basel, Switzerland
Nation: United States
Location: New York City Metropolitan Museum of Art
Start Year: Unknown
End Year: 1979
Circumstance of Acquisition: Unknown
Nation: Switzerland
Location: Antique dealer Gianfranco Becchina's possession

21 Italian Antiques


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Case Status: Object(s) relinquished
Year Claim Initiated: 2017
Year Claim Resolved: 2022
Means of Resolution: Inquiry/Demand

Complainant Name: Government of Italy
Complainant Nation: Italy
Complainant Nation Economy: Developed
Complainant Type: Public: Government

Respondent Name: New York City Metropolitan Museum of Art
Respondent Nation: United States
Respondent Nation Economy: Developed
Respondent Type: Public: Institution

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Editor's Notes:
These 21 antiques were part of the same seizure and ceremonial returning as 6 other Egyptian antiques. A terra-cotta drinking cup from 490 B.C.E., a marble head of the Greek goddess Athena and painted linen fragments are among the 27 antiquities. Edited by Arianne Ohara