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Eros flying
Greek, East Greek
Hellenistic Period
about 190–180 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Asia Minor, Aeolis, Myrina
Medium/Technique
Terracotta
Dimensions
26.7 cm (10 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession Number01.7687
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
Catalogue Raisonné
Burr, Terra-cottas from Myrina (MFA), no. 045.
DescriptionStatuette of nude Eros flying. His arms are extended sideways; left arm more raised and missing from the elbow; right arm missing; body in several fragments.curls on neck preserved. Traces of slip; creamy body color, and red; hang-hole on the back for suspension.
Light-red clay.
Light-red clay.
ProvenanceBy 1901: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: from the private collection of the late M. Baltazzi); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, December 1901