by Jon Lackman | 28 February 2006 | Ancient, Museums
From today’s New York Times, Philippe de Montebello on the Euphronios Krater: “How much more would you learn from knowing which particular hole in — supposedly Cerveteri — it came out of? … Everything is on the vase.” On illicit antiquities: “The truth is — unattractive as it may be — the black market, to a certain extent, is responsible for the preservation of a great many objects.”
