A MAGNIFICENT, HUGE SANTINI OF ITALY COMPOSITE MARBLE STATUE!!! THE WATER CARRIER... WOW!!!

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THIS SPECTACULAR VERY LARGE A. SANTINI (AMILCARE SANTINI) OF ITALY FIGURINE OF ONE OF THE 50 DANAIDS (DAUGHTERS OF DANAUS); WATER CARRIERS MEASURES 62cm TALL x 23cm WIDE x 16.5cm AT THE BASE AND IS IN FANTASTIC CONDITION. THE STATUE IS MADE FROM POLISHED COMPOSITE MARBLE AND IS ONE OF A SANTINI'S MOST ASSOCIATED DESIGNS. MANY OF HIS WORKS WERE NOT SIGNED, BUT PLEASE SEE THE ATTACHED LINKS. 

IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY, THE DAUGHTERS OF DANAUS ALSO DANAIDS, DANAIDES OR DANAÏDES, WERE THE FIFTY DAUGHTERS OF DANAUS. THEY WERE TO MARRY THE FIFTY SONS OF DANAUS'S TWIN BROTHER AEGYPTUS, A MYTHICAL KING OF EGYPT. IN THE MOST COMMON VERSION OF THE MYTH, ALL BUT ONE OF THEM KILLED THEIR HUSBANDS ON THEIR WEDDING NIGHT, AND ARE CONDEMNED TO SPEND ETERNITY CARRYING WATER IN A SIEVE OR PERFORATED DEVICE. IN THE CLASSICAL TRADITION, THEY COME TO REPRESENT THE FUTILITY OF A REPETITIVE TASK THAT CAN NEVER BE COMPLETED.

LINK: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daughters_of_Danaus

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