Vessels 

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Import Restricted since 2011.

Section I.D.5 of Designated List in force since 2011.

Vessels made of ostrich egg shell.
Approximate date: 3rd millennium B.C. to 2nd millennium B.C.

Example shown:
Spherical Rhyton decorated with dolphins on relief
Material: Egg of ostrich (body), gold (base and rim) and faience (dolphins); Period: Mid-16th century B.C.; Provenance: Grave Circle A, Mycenae, Argolid; Place of Production: Peloponnese; Dimensions: height - 18 cm. / greatest diameter - 12.5 cm.
National Archaeological Museum of Athens