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Eros
Eros
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Eros

Datesecond century CE
MediumBone
Dimensions16.2 cm (6 3/8 in.)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineDirector's Discretionary Fund
Terms
Object number1948.21
DescriptionFigure from a relief; left hand missing; right hand raised to shoulder height holding an object ?; chipped at bottom; feet missing. Slot in back at center.
ProvenanceOriginally in the collection of Pellegrino Rocca who inherited it from his father and in 1933 it passed into the collection of Luigi Cigliano. Acquired from Luigi Cigliano, Rome, Italy.
On View
Not on view
Sakyamuni Buddha
Unknown
late 1st–early 2nd century
Reference Image - Not for Reproduction
Austrian
about 1530–1540, with restorations from 1800s
Reference Image - Not for Reproduction
Austrian
about 1530–1540, with restorations from 1800s
Michel Witz the Younger
about 1530
Michel Witz the Younger
about 1530
Reference Image - Not for Reproduction
Chinese
960–1279, late Song Dynasty (1200s–1300s)
Eros Holding a Dove
Greek
3rd century BCE
Eros and Dog
Greek
3rd century BCE