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Tehran: Iran National Museum
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Tehran: Iran National Museum
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The exhibition of the repatriated Boukan glazed brick collection from Switzerland
Tehran: Iran National Museum
Boukan: Haghighi Museum
The collection of glazed bricks that were deposited in a warehouse at Chiasso in Switzerland close to the Italian border is of great significance for the cultural heritage of Iran. These bricks date from the 8th-7th century BCE and as a group constitute a unique collection of material from what is evidently one of the most important sites in Western Iran.
Following the illegal excavations, official excavations and material study were undertaken on behalf of the Iranian Cultural Organization (ICHHTO) by B. Kargar and E. Yagmaei in 1985 and 1999-2006, and more recently by Yousef Hassanzadeh of the National Museum of Iran. These excavations have revealed a columned hall, and finds include a stone stele with a 13-line inscription in Aramaic, glazed pottery, incised pottery and a number polychrome glazed bricks. Some of these are now in the National Museum of Iran and some are in Urmia Museum.
The collection of glazed bricks from Qalaichi exhibited in this exhibition has been returned to Iran from Switzerland and after 30 years international law process arrived at the National Museum of Iran in Tehran on 19th December 2020. In the collection there are a total of 51 bricks, 43 full-size bricks and 9 half or quarter-size bricks.
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The exhibition of the repatriated Boukan glazed brick collection from Switzerland
Tehran: Iran National Museum
Boukan: Haghighi Museum
The collection of glazed bricks that were deposited in a warehouse at Chiasso in Switzerland close to the Italian border is of great significance for the cultural heritage of Iran. These bricks date from the 8th-7th century BCE and as a group constitute a unique collection of material from what is evidently one of the most important sites in Western Iran.
Following the illegal excavations, official excavations and material study were undertaken on behalf of the Iranian Cultural Organization (ICHHTO) by B. Kargar and E. Yagmaei in 1985 and 1999-2006, and more recently by Yousef Hassanzadeh of the National Museum of Iran. These excavations have revealed a columned hall, and finds include a stone stele with a 13-line inscription in Aramaic, glazed pottery, incised pottery and a number polychrome glazed bricks. Some of these are now in the National Museum of Iran and some are in Urmia Museum.
The collection of glazed bricks from Qalaichi exhibited in this exhibition has been returned to Iran from Switzerland and after 30 years international law process arrived at the National Museum of Iran in Tehran on 19th December 2020. In the collection there are a total of 51 bricks, 43 full-size bricks and 9 half or quarter-size bricks.