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Fragment of sarcophagus lid with Eros riding a sea griffin

Roman
Imperial Period, Late Antonine to Severan
about A.D. 180–210

Medium/Technique Marble
Dimensions Height x width: 15.5 x 27 cm (6 1/8 x 10 5/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III in the name of Cornelius Adrian Comstock Vermeule
Accession Number1983.404
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsSculpture

Catalogue Raisonné Sculpture in Stone and Bronze (MFA), no. 035.
DescriptionEros is shown in three-quarter profile, his left hand holds rein leading from griffin's beak as he sits atop the griffin, steering him to the right.
Broken off from original behind the head of Eros, across his chest, under left arm and across griffin's neck. Fillet moldings at top and right preserved, also start of back of mask at right corner.
ProvenanceBy date unknown, with Jacques Schulman B. V., Keizersgracht 448, Amsterdam, List 225, May 1983, no. 73; by September, 1983: Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III Collection; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III to MFA, October 12, 1983