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| A Couchant Horned Goat. Photos: RAG and Medici Dossier. Courtesy of Christos Tsirogiannis |
Back in 2010 Christos Tsirogiannis identified a couchant horned goat that was on offer in the Royal Athena Galleries as the one that appeared in the Medici Dossier. The history of the piece was 'ex-American private collection, 1970s'.
The goat has surfaced (as was re-spotted by Tsirogiannis) as "Masterful Greek Hellenistic Ceramic Goat Vessel" in the Artemis Gallery in Louisville CO, as lot 0054. The history is given as "East Coast, USA collection; ex-Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, USA, acquired in the 2000s". The lot was "passed" on June 10, 2021.
The Artemis catalogue does not mention any link with Italy, but the RAG catalogue of 2010 helpfully noted 'South Italy, 4th century BC'. Will the Italian authorities be seeking its return?
This was one of 16 pieces identified on the New York market back in 2010, yet it has remained available for sale.
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