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Caryatid female figure used as a support instead of a column (bronze natural oxydite)
€11.00
Product Number:
| 022GODAG |
Description:
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Caryatid: is a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural support taking the place of a column or a pillar supporting an entablature on her head. The Greek term karyatides literally means "maidens of Karyai", an ancient town of Peloponnese. Karyai had a temple dedicated to the goddess Artemis in her aspect of Artemis Karyatis: "As Karyatis she rejoiced in the dances of the nut-tree village of Karyai, those Karyatides, who in their ecstatic round-dance carried on their heads baskets of live reeds, as if they were dancing plants". |
Material:
| High quality product, handmade in Greece with bronze casting process and museum-like oxidization. |
