A polychrome terracotta relief with a geometric motif, ca. 550 B.C., by an unknown Phrygian artist. The 9 x 9 1/4-by- 3-1/4 inch fragment is part of the group of 41 terracotta reliefs the VMFA returned to Turkey.
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VMFA returns 41 ancient terracotta fragments
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts has deaccessioned and returned 41 ancient polychrome terracotta reliefs after an investigation by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Antiquities Trafficking Unit determined they had been looted.
