Marble, bronze and earthenware vessels, gold and bronze ornaments, a fresco fragment in very good condition, Cycladic figurines and a rare gold coin. 29 Greek antiquities which were illegally sold on USA they return to her Hellas.

The antiques were confiscated by the New York City Attorney’s Office and handed over last night (Greek time) to the Consulate General of Greece. In his testimony, Assistant Attorney Matthew Bogdanos noted that the antiquities are the result of three different studies and, as it was announced later during the presentation, some items were in the collection of a millionaire and a well-known collector Shelby White but also in auction houses. “I am honored to be here as the Manhattan District Attorney’s representative to bring back 29 outstanding cultural properties from my native Greece,” said Mr. Bogdanos.

In fact, the rare gold coin, which is among the repatriated antiquities, was seized by the auction house, Culture Minister Lina Mendoni said in statements.

antiquities from Macedonia, Epirus, Central Greece, Crete and the Cyclades and date from prehistoric times to Roman times. Impressive is one of the so-called double Cycladic statuettes, the “complex of statuettes”, which depicts two female figures with crossed arms, the smaller one resting on the head of the larger one. A similar figurine is also in the Stern collection, exhibited at the Museum of Cycladic Art. Items repatriated include a golden diadem, rings and earrings, two large copper vessels, smaller copper and earthenware vessels, animal-shaped objects, and figurines in a seated position.

A few months ago, more than 20 multi-million dollar antiques were removed from the collection of millionaire and board member of the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art Shelby White and returned to Italy and Turkey. White and her husband, investor Levi White, who died in 2003, amassed a large collection of Roman and Greek antiquities whose provenance has at times worried authorities. In 2009, the lower part of the tombstone and a bronze crater from the 4th century BC came to Greece. from her collection.