Old Antefix Akrokeramo Greece Greek Ceramic Alexander The Great or Jupiter Ammon

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Old Antefix Akrokeramo Greece Greek Ceramic Alexander The Great or Jupiter Ammon:
$69.99

Old Antefix - Acroter - Akrokeramo
They were used to decorate the top of the roofs of the public buildings and the privet houses. The antefix is a typical architectural element, frequently used in the Greek neoclassical architecture between 1860-1910.This Antefix is representing according to some experts \"Alexander The Great\" and for some \"Jupiter Ammon\" and it has been made in Athens at 1890.
Jupiter Ammon was represented with horns on his head and was worshiped in Egypt.
Alexander The Great was greeted as Ammon\'s son, and started to believe that he was a demi-god indeed.In the following links you can see images of Alexander and Ammon with horns 23cm
Length: 16cm
Width: 19cm
Pounds: 2kgGood ConditionYou can now use it to decorate your office or your yard - garden and you can also use them as wall decorations or book holder.An antefix (from Latin antefigere, to fasten before) is a vertical block which terminates the covering tiles of the roof of a tiled roof. In grand buildings the face of each stone ante-fix was richly carved, often with the anthemion ornament. In less grand buildings moulded ceramic ante-fixae, usually terracotta, might be decorated with figures or other ornament.They were found on many large buildings, including private houses.SHIPPING FOR ONE ANTEFIX IS 45$ FOR TWO 60$ AND FOR THREE 80$FOR CONDITION PLEASE SEE PHOTOSPAYMENT WITHIN SEVEN DAYS

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