Large Statuary 

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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:
Statue of the Emperor Constans I (337-361)
Material: Marble; Period: 4th century A.D.; Provenance: Ancient Messene, Peloponnese; Place of Production: Messenia, Peloponnese; Dimensions: height - 1.45 m. / base height - 5-9 cm. / diameter - 31-57 cm.
Archaeological Museum of Messene