Info Of Christie's Urged To Line Sale Of Roman Statue 'Linked To Illicit Dealers'

 The 94cm Roman marble of Eros is estimated to fetch equally much equally £800,000 at auction. 

Photograph: Christies

A leading archeologist is calling for Christie’s to cancel the auction of a first-century Roman statue because of its alleged links to “notorious dealers connected alongside numerous cases of illicit antiquities”.

Prof Christos Tsirogiannis’ claims relate to a marble depiction of Eros unstringing his bow, which is due to hold upwards sold on 4 December.

Estimated to fetch betwixt £500,000 in addition to £800,000, the 94cm statue is given pride of house on the catalogue’s cover.

However, Tsirogiannis says he has 4 photographs of “exactly the same object” inward the possession of the disgraced dealer Robin Symes in addition to his like shooting fish in a barrel partner Christo Michaelides, whose archives were seized past times law in addition to held past times regime inward Hellenic Republic in addition to Italy.

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