Eros or a spirit (Psyche or Daimon) with a mirror suspended from his left wrist
Greek
Hellenistic Period
310–240 B.C.
Findspot: Greece, Euboia, Eretria, Tomb of the Erotes, Tomb of the Erotes; Place of Manufacture: Greece, Euboia
Dimensions
Height: 9.3 cm (3 11/16 in.)
Accession Number
97.290
Medium or Technique
Terracotta
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
Statuette of winged baby wrapped in himation, which covers head and jaw. A mirror is suspended from his left wrist. Pink, blue and white on cloak, traces of flesh-color on legs. Both wings missing, and a part of the back between the shoulders. On the back of some figures, patches of plaster with traces of string make it clear winged figures were suspended.
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.
Provenance
By 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)
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund