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39. That's odd. The big story on "Kneeling Attendant" in the New York Times said it was from

Sat May 25, 2013, 01:51 AM

May 2013

Cambodia. Several of these sculptures went missing from an ancient temple there during the reign of Pol Pot and the civil war, stolen by bandits and winding up in places like Paris.

This one is being returned by the Metropolitan Museum in NYC. Evidently, they fetched a tidy sum of money from art dealers in Paris and got here after collectors here bought them.

The Met should have known better. What a shameful thing to do, without checking its provenance!

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That's odd. The big story on "Kneeling Attendant" in the New York Times said it was from CTyankee May 2013 #39

I'll trust your source before mine :) pinboy3niner May 2013 #40

wasn't that a great story in the NYT? You would think the Met would have enough money to have CTyankee May 2013 #41