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Christie’s withdraws four Greek and Roman antiquities amid looting concerns

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Christie’s withdraws four Greek and Roman antiquities amid looting concerns
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Christie’s withdrew four antiquities after an archaeologist raised concerns about their provenance. One was a Roman marble hare linked to photographs in the archive of dealer Gianfranco Becchina. Photo shows the hare in that archive.

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Rembrandt, Self-Portrait (1630), Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

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