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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ghopper1924, post: 2706050, member: 5170&quot;]She&#039;s a half caryatid formed to create a bracket or corner corbel. Half caryatids date to the Renaissance, while full caryatids date to antiquity, like at the Erecthion in Athens. It&#039;s not a surprise that she should appear pregnant, as many of these figures had a fertility subtext along with their purported function, which was to carry the weight of the architectural element (balcony, lintel, etc.) above.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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