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Eros or a spirit (Psyche or Daimon) wearing Persian trousers
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: 7.5 cm (2 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number97.299
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionStatuette of winged baby. He wears a chiton girdled at waist, short skirt and Persian trousers. Pink, blue and white on wings and trousers. Missing: head, arms, right wing, and left leg.
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.
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.
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)