Return Persian Antiquity to Iran, New York District Attorney Says

Written By Ivy Prost
 

CHRISTINA RUIZ

28th May 2018

 
The dealer categorically denies that the piece was stolen, it has been known since 1935, and had been on display in a Canadian museum since 1951, without any calls from Iran for its return.  The New York District Attorney is now bogged down in a convoluted legal battle on behalf of the Islamic Republic of Iran with the owners of the relief and the Canadian insurance company from whom they acquired it.
Ivy Prost
Previous

Anti-Art Trade Vigilante Continues to Target Auction Houses
Next

Getty Paper Challenges Nationalist Cultural Heritage Policies