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Eros or a spirit (Psyche or Daimon) carrying a box
Greek
Hellenistic Period
late 4th–first half of 3rd century B.C.
Findspot: Greece, Euboia, Eretria, Tomb of the Erotes; Place of Manufacture: Greece, Euboia
Medium/Technique
Terracotta
Dimensions
Height: 11 cm (4 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number97.296
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionStatuette of winged baby. He carries a box with a raised lid on his left arm and points to it with his right hand. A cloak covers his head like a hood; he wears a wreath under the hood. Cloak bright pink and blue; wings pink, white and gold; eyes brown; lips red, flesh pink. Lower half of left wing missing. Left thigh restored in plaster.
Objects in the MFA from the Tomb of the Erotes include 97.290-97.345, 98.790-98.794, 98.798, 98.893, 99.438, and 21.1213.
On the backs of some figures are remains of plaster with the impression of string, making it clear that the winged figures were suspended.
Objects in the MFA from the Tomb of the Erotes include 97.290-97.345, 98.790-98.794, 98.798, 98.893, 99.438, and 21.1213.
On the backs of some figures are remains of plaster with the impression of string, making it clear that the winged figures were suspended.
ProvenanceBy 1897: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: [one of] 28 Erotes said to be all from the same grave at Eretria); 1897: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 25,000.00 (this figure is the total price for MFA 97.285-97.442 and 97.1104)