Year of Object(s) Creation: 340 B.C.E. (approximate) (krater); 500 B.C.E. (candelabrum)
Estimated Value ($USD): 275,000 (krater); 65,000 (candelabrum)
Object Type(s): Candelabrum, Food/Drink Container, Krater, Stele
Object Material(s): bronze, ceramic, metal, stone, terracotta
Provenience Nation: Italy
Provenience Location: Unknown
Year Removed from Findspot: 1970

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Circumstance of Acquisition: Alleged looting
Nation: Italy
Location: Discovered in 1970s by laborer; traded to smuggler (for a pig); sold to Gianfranco Becchina; sold to J. Paul Getty Museum

Italian Paeston Red Figure Calyx Crater, Stone Stela And Etruscan Candelabrum


Description:
Paestan red-figure calyx krater - Europa on the bull; Dionysus with satyrs and maenads

Case Status: Object(s) relinquished
Year Claim Initiated: 1994
Year Claim Resolved: 2005
Means of Resolution: Private Negotiation

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

Respondent Name: J. Paul Getty Museum
Respondent Nation: United States
Respondent Nation Economy: Developed
Respondent Type: Private: Institution

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Editor's Notes:
Returned with Stone stela: Greek funerary and Bronze Etruscan candelabrum.