Twenty antiquities and two icons donated to the Greek state by Karpida-Razou
The donation was handed over at the National Archaeological Museum. The antiquities will join its permanent collections, while the two post-Byzantine icons will enter the collections of the Byzantine and Christian Museum.
The Ministry of Culture announced on November 12 that twenty ancient objects and two post-Byzantine icons had been handed over to the Greek state. The donor is Panagiota (Panina) Karpida-Razou. The ceremony took place in the Hall of the Altar at the National Archaeological Museum.
According to the ministry, the twenty antiquities will join the National Archaeological Museum’s permanent collections. The two icons are destined for the collections of the Byzantine and Christian Museum: a 16th-century depiction of Saint John the Baptist and an 18th-century Descent into Hades.
The antiquities range from the Early Cycladic period to Roman times. They include marble figurines and bowls, bronze jewellery, terracotta female busts from a Boeotian workshop, and gilded terracotta plaques depicting a griffin. The Roman objects include a bronze helmet and a bronze figurine of Hermes.
The collection history released by the ministry states that collector Alexander Iolas donated it in 1987 to Konstantinos Karpidas, the donor’s father. It was transferred to Panagiota Karpida-Razou in 1989 through a Ministry of Culture decision. The current announcement describes the handover and the objects’ destinations without specifying when they will go on public display.
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