24K GOLD HAND MADE GREEK GREECE CARYATID PORCH ST PLATE
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The Roman architect Vitruvius wrote that Caryatids were supposed to represent the women of the southern Greek town of Caryae which supported the invading Persian force in 480 BC. After the Persian Wars, the other Greek states forced them to carry objects
24K GOLD BLACK PORCELAIN "CARYATID PORCH" DECORATIVE WALL PLATE.
HAND MADE IN GREECE BY ST IS STAMPED ON THE BACK OF THE PLATE. PLATE MEASURES 8 INCHES IN DIAMETER.
THE ARTWORK & ITEM IS FULLY INTACT AND IS AN ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL PIECE.
ITEM CONDITION IS EXCELLENT AND WOULD ENHANCE ANY COLLECTORS SELECTION.
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A caryatid (Greek: ????????, plural: ??????????) 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 Karyae", an ancient town of Peloponnese. Karyai had a famous 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" (Kerenyi 1980 p 149).
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