
Sculpture and Figurines
Metal
Greece
The Government of the Hellenic Republic
Import Restricted since 2011.
Section I.B.1.b of Designated List in force since 2011.
Subject matter includes human and animal figures, groups of figures in the round, masks, and plaques. These range from approximately 10 cm. to 1 m. in height. Approximate date: 3rd millennium B.C. to 324 A.D.
Example shown:
Funerary Mask portraying the bearded male figure of a dead man
Material: Gold Leaf; Period: Late Helladic I (1680-1600 B.C.); Provenance: Tomb V, Grave Circle A, Mycenae, Argolid; Place of Production: Argolid; Dimensions: height - 25 cm. / width - 17 cm. / weight - 168.5 gr.
National Archaeological Museum of Athens