Two looted Avalokiteshvara bronzes returned to Indonesia
U.S. authorities returned two eighth-century Buddhist bronzes to Indonesia in New York. Prosecutors identified them as objects removed from Indonesian archaeological sites and later sold by antiquities dealer Douglas Latchford.
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