16-03-2016 22:00 via theartnewspaper.com

Fourth object from Asia Week sales seized by federal agents

Update: Federal agents seized a fourth sculpture that had been exhibited for sale during New York's Asia Week. An eighth-century Afghan marble sculpture of the Hindu deities Shiva and Parvati, seated on a tiger skin, was removed from a gallery on East 67th Street, the New York Times reports. It is the latest in a string seizures this week related to Operation Hidden Idol, an initiative run by Manhattan prosecutors and US customs authorities seeking to recover objects taken from Asia's temples a
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