Eleusian-type Caryatid.Probably found in Monte Porzio; 40-50 AD.Greek marble.The Torlonia Caryatid; bearing a large basket on her head; evokes those young girls who; during sacred rituals in the classical age; had the task of carrying a basket full of votive offerings for the gods.Replica of a model destined to ornate the Small Propylaea; built in Eleusis around 50 BC. MT 485.- Torlonia Collection of ancient sculptures.From the Museo Torlonia (Torlonia Museum) founded in Rome by Prince Alessandro Torlonia in 1875 and dissolved in 1976.The collection of marble and alabaster sculptures dating to the Roman Empire period has been described as the 'most important private museum of sculpture in the world'.Rome; Italy. 2021.