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The Kushan Buddhas: Nancy Wiener, Douglas Latchford and New Questions about...
In 2005, Canada’s Royal Ontario Museum was offered a rare sculpture of a Seated Buddha carved from red sandstone in the second century. It was from India’s ancient city of Mathura, the second capital...
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The Seated Buddha Goes Home: Nancy Wiener and National Gallery of Australia...
The National Gallery of Australia announced Thursday that its prized second century Seated Buddha would be “donated” to India after the museum struck a deal for its return with Nancy Wiener, the New...
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The Crennan Report: The NGA’s Ex Post Facto Due Diligence Finds 22...
In an unprecedented review of its Asian art collection, the National Gallery of Australia has determined that 22 of the 36 objects examined to date have “insufficient or questionable provenance...
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Busted: Asia Week Raids Reveal Scope of Illicit Trade in Asian Art
Federal agents raided the Nancy Wiener Gallery on Thursday, the latest move in an aggressive crack down on the trade in ancient Asian art that has targeted several leading dealers and auction houses...
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UPDATED > Asia Week Arrest: Japanese Dealer Charged With Selling Stolen Art
Japanese antiquities dealer Tatsuzo Kaku was arrested at Asia Week and charged on March 14th with criminal possession of a looted 2nd Century Buddhapada sculpture valued at more than $1 million, court...
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UPDATED > Manhattan Dealer Nancy Wiener Arrested: Criminal Complaint Alleges...
Antiquities dealer Nancy Wiener was arrested Wednesday morning in Manhattan and charged with conspiring with international smuggling networks to buy, smuggle, launder and sell millions of dollars worth...
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UPDATED > Help Wanted: We’re Tracking Down Objects Sold By Nancy and Doris...
In the wake of the arrest of the Manhattan antiquities dealer Nancy Wiener, we’re teaming up with our friends at the India Pride Project to track down the ancient objects she and her mother Doris...
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