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<anthropomorphic supporting elements>

Scope note

For piers with engaged figures where the pier, not the statue, supports the entablature, see, for example, "Osiride pillars."

Term type

Lead term

Getty AAT term number

3000107861

Narrower Terms used

caryatids
atlantes

Created

13yrs ago

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