Eros with a bird and a small dog

Classification

statuette

Culture

Greek (culture)

Dimensions

height: 21.5 cm

Date

2nd century B.C.

Period

Hellenistic Period (Greek, 323–31)

Material

clay

Iconography

Eros ; mantle ; floral wreath ; ribbon ; dog ; grapes ; bird

Production place

Myrina?

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities

Provenance

Arndt, Paul (1865–1937)

Inventory

T.152

ID

Hyp-697

References

Oroszlán 1930, 57, no. C 75; Hermary et al.: Eros, in LIMC III (1986), 876, no. 292, pl. 624