
Sculpture and Figurines
Stone
Greece
The Government of the Hellenic Republic
Import Restricted since 2011.
Section I.A.1.d of Designated List in force since 2011.
Primarily in marble, also in limestone and sandstone, including fragments of statues. Subject matter includes human and animal figures and groups of figures in the round. Common types are large-scale, free-standing statuary from approximately 1 m. to 2.5 m. in height and life-size busts (head and shoulders of an individual). 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: 4th millennium B.C. to 15th century A.D.
Example shown:
Young Nude Athlete known as "Diadoumenos"
Material: Marble; Period: Roman copy of an original statue dated in 430-420 B.C.; Provenance: The island of Delos, Cyclades; Place of Production: Attica; Dimensions: height - 1.86 m.
National Archaeological Museum of Athens