Christie’s urged to pull sale of Roman statue ‘linked to illicit dealers’
Art expert says he has evidence first-century Eros marble was in archive of disgraced dealers
A leading archaeologist is calling for Christie’s to cancel the auction of a first-century Roman statue because of its alleged links to “notorious dealers connected with numerous cases of illicit antiquities”.
Prof Christos Tsirogiannis’ claims relate to a marble depiction of Eros unstringing his bow, which is due to be sold on 4 December.