
Church Objects, Sculpture and Figurines
Stone
Greece
The Government of the Hellenic Republic
Import Restricted since 2011.
Section II.A.4 of Designated List in force since 2011.
The ecclesiastical ethnological materials represent the Early Christian and Byzantine periods and include objects made from 324 A.D. through the 15th century A.D.
Carved as icons in which religious figures predominate in the figural decoration.
Example shown:
Inscribed Talismanic Enkolpion depicting Christ Pantokrator
Material: Brownish-Greenish Steatite; Period: 11th-12th century A.D.; Provenance: Ancient Corinth, Peloponnese; Place of Production: Peloponnese; Dimensions: height - 4.7 cm.
Archaeological Museum of Corinth