INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
ancient relief has been delivered to Iran embassy in London and will be returned to Iran soon, IRNA reported.The legal ownership of this
precious ancient work is now transferred [from the UK National Crime Agency] to the Islamic Republic of Iran, the envoy said.This smuggled
statue of a Sassanid soldier is handed over to the embassy after proving that it belongs to Iran, and after it was displayed on loan at the
British Museum for three months, Hosseini Matin explained.In a statement issued last month, Hosseini Matin welcomed wider cooperation
between the embassy and the British Museum in the arena of protecting cultural heritage
Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts Minister Ezzatollah Zarghami said last month that his ministry had put in a great deal of effort to
recover the bas-relief carving of Sassanid soldier previously seized at Stansted airport
believe the over-one-meter-tall antique was hacked out of live rock or on-site carved rock
heading for the black market in Britain when it was seized by security personnel
The over-one-meter-tall antique was hacked out of live rock or on-site carved rock.Dr
was the center of a powerful empire stretching from Syria to the Caucasus and Central Asia, and with its capital at Ctesiphon, south of
precise location because the bas-relief has been carved from calcareous limestone, which is found all over Iran
Nearly all of them are in the province of Fars, which is a relatively small area of Iran and is where they originally came from.Simpson
Stylistically, it is similar to one known in the region
I think it probably is part of a big sequence
diademed headdress signify him as a person of high rank
His gesture of greeting and submission, with a raised, bent forefinger, is a feature of Sasanian art when figures are in the presence of
poor packing, the relief had split in half
The valuation could be anything, really
places a great deal of significance on the Sassanid era, which saw a general renaissance in Persian art and architecture
The palaces at Ctesiphon, Firuzabad, and Sarvestan, which are among the ensemble's highlights, are examples of grandiose architecture that
frequently adopted oversized proportions.While the Sassanid state promoted scholarship, highly sophisticated crafts like metalwork and gem
Works from the East and the West were translated into Pahlavi, the Sassanian language, during those years
The best examples of Sassanian art can be found in southern Iran at Bishapur, Naqsh-e Rostam, and Naqsh-e Rajab
They are rock-carved sculptures and bas-reliefs on abrupt limestone cliffs.In 2018, a collection of Sassanian historical cities in southern
