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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1916.334
Title
Head of Eros
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
statuette, sculpture
Date
323-31 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Myrina (Aiolis)
Period
Hellenistic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/292936

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Technique
Mold-made
Dimensions
4 x 2.4 cm (1 9/16 x 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Edward P. Bliss; bequeathed to Fogg Art Museum, 1916.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Edward P. Bliss
Accession Year
1916
Object Number
1916.334
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Head of a young boy with curly hair, a chubby face and a heavy wreath with a feather projecting from the center (as Eros of Myrina). Figure broken at neck. (Bottom row, 3rd from left, in photograph)
Traces of iron oxide red.

Verification Level

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