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Shield with a head of Helios

Greek
Hellenistic Period
late 4th–first half of 3rd century B.C.
Findspot: Greece, Euboia, Eretria, Tomb of the Erotes

Medium/Technique Terracotta, gilded and painted
Dimensions Diameter: 8.8 cm (3 7/16 in.)
Credit Line Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number97.318
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsSculpture

DescriptionRound shield. Head of Helios surrounded by rays. Field violet; rays, hair of Helios and rim glided.
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 round shields and oblong shields sent with the Erotes as 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)