Terracotta statuette of Eros seated and holding a duck - image 1

Hellenistic

Terracotta statuette of Eros seated and holding a duck

The figurine is mold-made and hollow. The back is handmade, rounded, and pared. There is a round vent in the back at chest level. H. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)

Date

299 - 200 BC

Accession No.

74.51.1597

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • Said to be from the Salt Lake near Larnaca, Cyprus

References

  • Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1894. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 2. pl. XLIV.351, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1895. The Terracottas and Pottery of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in Halls 4 and 15. no. 48, p. 5, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2302, p. 362, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 346, pp. 206-7, 263, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.