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Dealer sells Gell portrait to British Museum
London and Petworth dealer Timothy Langston Fine Art & Antiques has sold a portrait of the Regency period antiquarian Sir William Gell (1777-1836) to the British Museum.
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Antiquities stolen from Afghanistan returned with help of British Museum and...
Sculptures of Buddha dating from the 4th-6th centuries smuggled out of Afghanistan nearly 20 years ago have finally been returned to the country’s national museum.
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British Museum is third time lucky to buy 1000-year-old seal matrix
A rare Saxon walrus ivory seal matrix will go back on display in the British Museum – after the institution missed out on buying the object twice before.
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British Museum buys 18th century Indian watercolour miniature to prevent its...
An 18th century watercolour miniature by one of India’s greatest painters has been saved for the nation by the British Museum.
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News In Brief – including two purchases by the British Museum
A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including British Museum's purchase of an 18th century Indian watercolour miniature and a Saxon seal matrix.
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Stolen Afghan sculpture to return home after being spotted at UK auction
An Afghan limestone sculpture believed to have been stolen during the Afghan civil war (1992-94), when Kabul was besieged, surfaced at an auction house in the UK last year.
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‘Outstanding’ maiolica medicine jar bought by British Museum in tax...
A sixteenth century double-handled maiolica albarello, bought by Mayfair dealer Sam Fogg in 2014, has been acquired by the British Museum.
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British Museum buys 3000-year-old Bronze age gold pendant
A well-preserved 3000-year-old Bronze age gold sun pendant, known as a bulla, has been bought by the British Museum after it was found by a metal detectorist in Shropshire in 2018.
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Record level of Treasure finds boosted by metal detectorists and a tipper truck
The number of items deemed to be Treasure and found by the UK public has hit a record high, according to new figures from the British Museum.
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British Museum unveils antiquities database but dealers raise concerns
A project led by the British Museum (BM) to combat the trade in looted antiquities from Egypt and Sudan has launched an online database where objects with ‘provenance issues’ can be brought to the...
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Fake Mesopotamian antiquities seized at Heathrow airport with help of Border...
A group of Mesopotamian antiquities destined for collectors in the UK was discovered to be fake and seized in an operation by Border Force and the British Museum.
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Archaeological discoveries made by the public reach 1.5 million
The number of archaeological objects unearthed by the British public since the start of The British Museum’s Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) has reached 1.5 million items.
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British Museum buys collection of 103 Hokusai drawings rediscovered in Paris
More than 100 rediscovered works by Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) have been acquired by the British Museum.
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Rare Sumerian plaque to return to Iraq with help of British Museum
A 4000-year-old limestone sculpture is to go on temporary display before returning to Iraq.
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Rare glazed 14th century tiles to be returned to Uzbekistan with help from...
A collection of glazed tiles believed to be 14th century examples from a memorial complex near Samarkand are to be returned to Uzbekistan.
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Jasper Johns US flag artwork donated to the British Museum
Jasper Johns’ screenprint 'Flags I' will be on display at the British Museum after the million-dollar artwork was donated to the institution.
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More items found by metal detectorists to be saved for the nation as Treasure...
More metal detective finds will have a chance to be saved for the nation under new rules set to come in next year.
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Museums buy more Treasure finds as metal detecting discoveries soar
Artefacts found buried in the ground by metal detectors across the UK has yet again increased Treasure finds allowing museums to boost their collections.
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Ancient Libyan statue returned home with the help of The British Museum and HMRC
A funerary statue from Cyrene (near present-day Shahhat in Libya) dating to the 2nd century BC is being returned to Libya.
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‘Largest ever’ Anglo-Saxon coin hoard discovered in UK
The largest ever Anglo-Saxon gold coin hoard discovered in the UK has been declared treasure after a complex inquest into the case.
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