Figurine

54-3-2

Location: On Display in the Greece Gallery

From: Italy

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 54-3-2
Current Location Greece Gallery - On Display
Culture Tarentine
Provenience Italy
Period Hellenistic Period
Date Made 4th century BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Terracotta
Iconography Aphrodite | Eros
Description

Broken all around the bottom. Group: Aphrodite and Eros. Aphrodite at left, draped and crowned, seated on a column or altar with voluted Ionic capital; her head and upper body full front, her legs turned in 3/4 view to her right. With her right hand she holds up drapery; her left arm is resting on the shoulders of the semi-nude winged Eros who stands beside her at her left, his right leg raised with the foot resting on top of the altar. His drapery passes behind his body, the ends hanging over his right thigh and his left arm. Indistinguishable object in his right hand. Fairly sharp detail; from a good mold: large earrings separately added on Aphrodite. No color preserved.

Height 13.9 cm
Width 10.8 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Mrs. William H. Allen (Robert Hecht), 1954

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