Clock with Caryatids Greek Sculpture of Erehthion Monument/Acropolis-Parthenon/Handmade And Hand Painted Sculpture
Height 25cm(9.84inches)
Width 20cm(7.87inches)
Depth 7cm(2.7inches)
Weight 1,630kgs
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”.