Description: ERECTHEION CARYATID SCULPTURE A 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 on the 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". A caryatid supporting a basket on her head is called a canephora ("basket-bearer"), representing one of the maidens who carried sacred objects used at feasts of the goddesses Athena and Artemis. The Erectheion caryatids, in a shrine dedicated to an archaic king of Athens, may therefore represent priestesses of Artemis in Caryae, a place named for the "nut-tree sisterhood" – apparently in Mycenaean times, like other plural feminine toponyms, such as Hyrai or Athens itself.(01-535-A)Details:Condition: New, Handmade in GreeceMaterial: Casting stoneHeight: 19 cm(7.5 inches)Width: 6 cm(2.3 inches)Weight: 300 g
Price: 95.2 USD
Location: Athens, Greece
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Size: Small
Region of Origin: Europe
Handmade: Yes
Production Technique: Carving
Country/Region of Manufacture: Greece
Style: Realism
Material: Marble, Stone
Format: Statue
Type: Sculpture
Title: ERECTHEION CARYATID SCULPTURE
Subject: Beauty, Eros, Acropolis, Parthenon, Kore, Erectheion, Architecture, Art, Love, Monument, Mythology
Culture: Greek
Year of Production: 2022
