Architectural Elements
Object Type
Sculpture and Figurines
Material
Stone
Country of Origin
Greece
Credit
The Government of the Hellenic Republic
Caption
Import Restricted since 2011.
Section I.A.1.a of Designated List in force since 2011.
In marble, limestone, gypsum, and other kinds of stone. Types include acroterion, antefix, architrave, base, capital, caryatid, coffer, column, crowning, fountain, frieze, pediment, pilaster, mask, metope, mosaic and inlay, jamb, tile, triglyph, tympanum, basin, wellhead.
Approximate date: 3rd millennium B.C. to 15th century A.D.
Example shown:
Doric Capital (also triglyphs, metopes, architrave, frieze, slanting and horizontal cornice and water-bar in the form of a lion-head)
Material: Pentelic Marble; Period: 447-442 B.C.; Provenance: NW corner of the Temple of Parthenon, Athens; Place of Production: Attica; Dimensions: 2.04 m. x 2.04 m. / height - 87 cm.
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