The Met might return another ancient vase to Italy
An ancient vase at the Metropolitan Museum of Art has been confiscated by the Manhattan district attorneys office based on evidence that it was looted from Italy in the 1970s, the New York Times reports.
Authorities were tipped off about the works provenance by the archaeologist Christos Tsirogiannis, who identified it through his research into the files of the Italian art dealer Giacomo Medici. Medici, who was convicted in 2004 of conspiring to traffic antiquities, denies any connection to the
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