INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
bought home on June 28, days after it was delivered to the Iran embassy in London by the UK National Crime Agency.The unveiling ceremony was
attended by Deputy Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Ali Darabi, National Museum Director Jebrael Nokandeh, and a host
bas-relief dates from the Sassanid era and is made of limestone.There are only about 30 known Sasanian rock carvings, mostly dating from the
third century, and almost all are located in a relatively small area of Iran in Fars province.Moreover, it is believed that the
over-one-meter-tall relief has been 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
The valuation could be anything, really
lack of an inscription makes it impossible to identify the person depicted, but the figures do
His dress and diademed headdress attest to a person of high rank.Iranian history places a great deal of significance on the Sassanid era,
which saw a general renaissance in Persian art and architecture
inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list.AFM
