Tuesday, 10 September 2013
Collecting histories for Bothmer fragments
It has been drawn to my attention that Dietrich von Bothmer did note the sources for at least some of the pot fragments that he acquired. It would be helpful if the curatorial staff of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art started to post this information on the MMA website. Collecting histories matter!
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