Terracotta statuette of Eros banqueting - image 1

Hellenistic

Terracotta statuette of Eros banqueting

The figurine is mold-made and solid. The back is handmade and roughly finished. The right wing and the edges at the viewer's right are chipped. The nude baby Eros reclines on his left side, leaning against the fulcrum of a short couch. H. 2 5/16 in. (5.9 cm)

Date

299 - 200 BC

Accession No.

74.51.1595

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • Said to be from the temple of Apollo Hylates at Kourion, 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. XLII.331, 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. 40, p. 4, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2311, p. 362, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Queyrel, Anne. 1988. Amathonte: Les figurines hellénistiques de terre cuite, Vol. 4. p. 241, n. 17, Paris: Editions Recherché sur les Civilisations.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 348, pp. 208, 263, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.