An Attic white-ground lekythos due to be sold at Bonhams tomorrow has been withdrawn from the sale (lot 368). No explanation has been given.
The collecting history was given as: "UK private collection, acquired from the Dorotheum, Vienna, approximately seven years ago."
Discussion of the archaeological ethics surrounding the collecting of antiquities and archaeological material.
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