The recovered limestone relief of a Persian guard from Persepolis — via The Art Newspaper. Image source ↗
New York, United States / Tehran, Iran
Persepolis guard relief returned to Iran following court order
The University of Chicago, whose researchers provided archival evidence for the case, confirmed that a Persepolis guard relief was returned to Iran in 2018 under a New York Supreme Court order. Stolen from Persepolis in 1936 and again from a Montreal museum in 2011, it was recovered, subsequently sold to dealers, and seized at TEFAF New York in 2017. Its official handover took place in September 2018, followed by display in Tehran.