
Sculpture and Figurines
Stone
Greece
The Government of the Hellenic Republic
Import Restricted since 2011.
Section I.A.1.e of Designated List in force since 2011.
In marble and other stone. Subject matter includes human and animal figures and groups of figures in the round. These range from approximately 10 cm. to 1 m. in height. The style may be naturalistic, as in the Classical Period, highly stylized, as in the Bronze Age culture of the Cyclades, or somewhere in between. Approximate date: 20,000 B.C. to 15th century A.D.
Example shown:
Statue of Hercules wearing lion-skin
Material: Pentelic Marble; Period: 350-325 B.C.; Provenance: Athens; Place of Production: Attica; Dimensions: height - 54 cm.
National Archaeological Museum of Athens