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Met delivers a temple strut and Shiva sculpture to Nepal

New York, United States; Kathmandu, Nepal · Source report date:

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Met delivers a temple strut and Shiva sculpture to Nepal — artwork or case documentation from the linked image source.
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The Met announced delivery to Nepal of a thirteenth-century Salabhinka temple strut and a tenth-century Shiva sculpture. Museum research prompted the return; Shiva’s ownership transfer had been signed in 2021.

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

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