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Rectangular gem with Eros riding boar
Roman
Republican or Early Imperial Period
1st century B.C.
Medium/Technique
Carnelian
Dimensions
Length: 11 mm (7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Alexander Cochrane
Accession Number18.346
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Gems
DescriptionIntaglio. Flat front and back with inward back bezel. Eros, holding a trident, rides a shaggy boar, seated on a partial ground line. Eros is pudgy with short, stubby wings. A figure is seated in front of the boar, at left, whom the boar is sniffing or nuzzling. Very sketchily modeled. Line and dot border.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Alexander Cochrane Collection; gift of Alexander Cochrane to MFA, August 1, 1918