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Eros playing flutes
Greek, East Greek
Hellenistic Period
early 1st century B.C. ?
Place of Manufacture: Asia Minor, Aeolis, Myrina
Medium/Technique
Terracotta
Dimensions
25.1 cm (9 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession Number01.7703
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
Catalogue Raisonné
Burr, Terra-cottas from Myrina (MFA), no. 056.
DescriptionStatuette of nude Eros floating. His hands are extended to the left in position of playing the flutes, which are now missing. He wears a wreath of vine-leaves and fruit and a garland hanging from his left shoulder to his right hip. He also wears boots. His left hand and leg from the knee down are missing. Also missing some fingers of the right hand and toes. Pinkish body color; yellow on hair; blue on wreath and garlands; black on cheek piece, eyes, and eyebrows; white slip. On the back inscribed letter (?) under a hang-hole.
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