Australia to return 14 stolen, illegally acquired artworks to India
Australia to return 14 stolen, illegally acquired artworks to India
Australia will return to India another 14 culturally significant artworks, some of which were likely stolen, illegally excavated or unethically acquired from the country.
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UPDATED: July 30, 2021 13:34 IST
The Jain Tirtankara marble idol stolen from Mount Abu in Rajasthan is among the 14 art pieces that will be returned. (Image source: Twitter)
Australia will return to India another 14 culturally significant artworks, including bronze and stone sculptures, a painted scroll and photographs, some of which were likely stolen, illegally excavated or unethically acquired from the country.
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The National Gallery of Australia will remove 14 works from its Asian art collection and return them to the Indian government.
Worth a combined $3 million, 13 of the objects were purchased between 2002 and 2010 from Art of the Past, the now-infamous New York gallery run by disgraced antiquities dealer Subhash Kapoor. And one came from the late New York art dealer William Wolff in 1989.
They comprise six stone or bronze sculptures, most dating back to the 11th or 12th century, as well as a brass processional standard, or alam , from Hyderabad dated 1851. There is a painted invitation scroll, or vijnaptipatra, from Rajasthan dated approximately 1835, and six photographs.
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Dancing Sambandar (Pic Via NGA Website)
The National Gallery of Australia (NGA) on Wednesday (29 July) announced it will return 14 works of art from its Asian art collection to the Indian Government.
The works of art being repatriated include 13 objects connected to art dealer Subhash Kapoor through Art of the Past and one acquired from art dealer William Wolff.
The works include six bronze or stone sculptures, a brass processional standard, a painted scroll and six photographs, the NGA said in a press release.