Tomb fragment from Paestum returned to Italy.

Paestum Fragment
Source: ICE

Italian authorities have returned a tomb painting apparently removed from Paestum. The statement from ICS gives a little detail:

In 2009, HSI New York special agents received information indicating that a New York-based antiquity collector allegedly dealt in the sale of illicit cultural property. This collector was in possession of an artifact that was looted from an ancient Italian tomb in Paestum, Italy. In February 2012, HSI special agents seized the Steinhardt fragment, and it was forfeited to the U.S. government.

This fragment was discussed before on LM with a link to Chasing Aphrodite that has the full details.

This raises the issue of the falsification of the collecting history. And the intended recipient, Michael Steinhardt, has been linked to several other objects.

• The Steinhardt Sardinian Figure
• The gold phiale