Vaizey places export bar for Florentine pietre dure table top

Culture Minister Ed Vaizey has placed a temporary export bar on a 17th century Florentine pietre dure table top. It was sold in December at Sotheby’s in London for £3m.

The decision follows a recommendation by the Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and O…

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