As Christie's have an interest in this piece, can we assume that they will be contacting the Italian authorities?
Friday, 28 March 2014
The Medici Archive and a London sale
My Cambridge colleague Dr Christos Tsirogiannis has spotted that a Greek core-formed glass oinochoe being offered at Christie's London next week (April 2, 2014, lot 173) seems to appear in the Medici Dossier. The estimated price is £4000-£6000. It had surfaced through Sotheby's in London (Sotheby's, London, 11 July 1988, lot 198). The oinochoe also appears to be owned or co-owned by Christie's: "From time to time, Christie's may offer a lot which it owns in whole or in part. This is such a lot".
As Christie's have an interest in this piece, can we assume that they will be contacting the Italian authorities?
As Christie's have an interest in this piece, can we assume that they will be contacting the Italian authorities?
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