Looted Gold Anatolian Ewer from V&A Collection Returned to Turkey
On discovering the objects questionable provenance the Gilbert Collection immediately arranged for the object's return to Turkey.
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On discovering the objects questionable provenance the Gilbert Collection immediately arranged for the object's return to Turkey.
An antique Anatolian gold ewer was returned to Turkey by the Victoria and Albert Museum in London on Tuesday. Experts believe the golden ewer, which dates back more than 4,000 years, was created as a burial gift by Anatolian Haitians in the 3rd century B.C.E. The artifact was given to the museum by its previous…
A major research project into the provenance of the Gilbert collection results in the restitution of a 4,500-year-old Anatolian gold ewer.
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