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The archaeologist and the art market: policies and practice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

B. F. Cook*
Affiliation:
The British Museum, London WC1B 3DG, UK

Extract

The Keeper of Greek and Roman Antiquities at the British Museum sets out his view of where responsible museums and researchers should find a balance in the difficult matter of unprovenanced antiquities that may be the spoils of recent looting.

Type
Papers
Copyright
Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 1991

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