Christie’s counters Egypt’s threat to sue over £4m sale of Tutankhamun head

Christie’s has reiterated that it “carried out extensive due diligence” into a head of Tutankhamun after the Egyptian National Committee for Antiquities Repatriation (NCAR) said that it will instruct a UK law firm to file a lawsuit over its £4m sale.

The 11in (28cm) high c.1333-1323BC carved brown quartzite bust of Tutankhamun carved with the face o…

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