Unique, new, original, handmade stone-porcelain sculpture of Parthenon's Frieze horses. Piece is dedicated in Greek History & Art culture. An absolutely magnificent piece of outstanding quality & detail, this one is not to be missed. It is impossible for the photos of our pieces of Artwork to accurately capture their quality. They do not even come close to doing them justice. Awesome item, a great choice for Greek History & calture fans. Horses are made of porcelain & are attached on the natural stone. Item is Unique art piece by Nanouris Giannis. Measurements are: 17cm or 6.7 inches tall - 22cm or 8.7 inches wide & 5cm or 2 inches deep. Weight: 1342gr Ounces 47.33765694 Pounds 2.958603559 Buy with confidence! If you are not completely satisfied with your purchase you will get a full refund. Read our return policy. Artist is Yiannis Nanouris. Yiannis Nanouris was born in 1953 in the village of Apeiranthos on the Cycladic island of Naxos. He finished the School of fine Arts in Athens & has been working with ceramic & bronze sculptures for more than 35 years. He has taken part in many exhibitions in Greece & abroad. in contrast to the mythological subjects of the metopes & pediments, on the Parthenon frieze, Pheidias chose to depict the Great Panathenaia, the greatest festival of the city in honor of the Goddess Athena. The festival took place every four years, lasted 12 days & included rituals, sacrifices, as well as athletic & musical contests. The festivities culminated on the 28th day of the month - Hekatombaion in the heart of the summer - on Athena's birthday. On that day, a procession advanced to the temple of Athena Polias (the Archaios Naos that was later replaced by the Erechtheion) in order to hand over to the priestess a new peplos for the old xoanon of the Goddess. This procession unfolds over the 160 meters of continuous sculptural decoration of the Parthenon frieze. The frieze consisted of 115 blocks. It had a total length of 160 meters & was 1.02 meters high. Some 378 human figures & deities & more than 200 animals, mainly horses, are presented in the process. Groups of horses & chariots occupy most of the space on the frieze. The sacrificial procession follows next, with animals & groups of men & women carrying ceremonial vessels & offerings. The procession concludes with the giving of the peplos, the gift of the Athenian people to the cult statue of the Goddess, a xoanon (ancient wooden statue). Left & right of the peplos scene sit the twelve gods of Mount Olympos. From the entire frieze that survives today, 50 meters are in the Acropolis Museum, 80 meters in the British Museum, one block in the Louvre, whilst other fragments are scattered in the museums of Palermo, the Vatican, Wrzburg, Vienna, Munich & Copenhagen. SHIPPING: We ship worldwide, offering Standard Int'l Postage, using ELTA (Hellenic Post). Tracking number is used & signature on delivery is required. Your item will be shipped in one working day, after payment has cleared & it usually takes 5-10 working days to arrive in EU countries & 8-13 working days to countries outside EU. We are not responsible for any Taxes or charges when shipping internationally. Taxes relate to the delivery country's customs. in addition, please allow additional time if international delivery is subject to custom processing. PAYMENT: We accept all payments accepted by Etsy. FEEDBACK: Your positive feedback is critical for us. We are a new but ambitious & consistent business on Etsy, & your great comments will lead to us getting more potential customers, thus enabling us to develop our business. We aspire to deliver extraordinary art & enviable service. Negative feedback doesn't help anyone, but our willingness & commitment to customer satisfaction does. Therefore in the unlikely event that you are not totally satisfied with your transaction, please give us the chance & the time to smooth out all issues by contacting us direct. CONTACT US: If you have any questions, please contact us anytime. We will reply you within 24 hours. We will endeavour to solve the problems for you in the first instance. Thank you so much for your interest in our items. Please do contact us before you are going to leave us a neutral or negative feedback, we will try our best to solve the problem. Parthenon Frieze Chariot mbossed Stone Porcelain Sculpture Of Acropolis Greek Artwork
