Ancient Egyptian sandstone panel with three fragmentary columns of inscribed hieroglyphs and a left-facing female figure, perhaps a goddess consort. Late Third Intermediate or Ptolemaic Period, circa 760-30 BCE. Height: 20.5in. Exhibited at LA County Museum of Art; Arizona Museum of Art; and the Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art, California State University, San Bernardino, California. Published in important 1992 reference written by Dr. Gerry D. Scott III. Provenance: Collection of Dr. W. Benson Harer Jr. Estimate $45,000-$67,500
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This bronze Shiva Nataraja, valued at $4 million, is one of 248 antiquities that were returned to India by the Manhattan District Attorney’s office. Image courtesy of the Manhattan District Attorney’s office.
NEW YORK (AP) – U.S. authorities returned about 250 antiquities to India on October 28 in a long-running investigation of a stolen art scheme. The items, worth an estimated $15 million, were handed over during a ceremony at the Indian Consulate in New York. The centerpiece is a bronze Shiva Nataraja valued at $4 million, authorities said.
