Greek Terracotta Figure of Winged Flying Eros - Art for Eternity
Greek Terracotta Figure of Winged Flying Eros - Art for Eternity
Greek Terracotta Figure of Winged Flying Eros - Art for Eternity
Greek Terracotta Figure of Winged Flying Eros - Art for Eternity
Greek Terracotta Figure of Winged Flying Eros - Art for Eternity
Greek Terracotta Figure of Winged Flying Eros - Art for Eternity
Greek Terracotta Figure of Winged Flying Eros - Art for Eternity
Greek Terracotta Figure of Winged Flying Eros - Art for Eternity
Greek Terracotta Figure of Winged Flying Eros - Art for Eternity
Greek Terracotta Figure of Winged Flying Eros - Art for Eternity
Greek Terracotta Figure of Winged Flying Eros - Art for Eternity
Greek Terracotta Figure of Winged Flying Eros - Art for Eternity
Greek Terracotta Figure of Winged Flying Eros - Art for Eternity
Greek Terracotta Figure of Winged Flying Eros - Art for Eternity Greek Terracotta Figure of Winged Flying Eros - Art for Eternity Greek Terracotta Figure of Winged Flying Eros - Art for Eternity Greek Terracotta Figure of Winged Flying Eros - Art for Eternity Greek Terracotta Figure of Winged Flying Eros - Art for Eternity Greek Terracotta Figure of Winged Flying Eros - Art for Eternity

Greek Terracotta Figure of Winged Flying Eros

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Hellenistic, Boeotia, circa 4th to 3rd Century BC  of the Tanagra type, the naturalistic and energetic winged young deity shown flying with delicate open wings and holding a gilded alabastron in his right hand, his drapery folds held aloft in his left hand. The alabastron is an appropriate libation vessel and surely carries the funeral connotations as a grave offering. The popularity of children, especially Eros, in Hellenistic art led to a more accurate rendering of children’s bodies, as miniature adults with corpulent bodies. 

Height: 4 in (10.2 cm) + custom lucite stand.

Compare with similar examples from the Tomb of Erotes in Eretia. The MFA Boston purchased a group of these from Edward Perry Warren (as per the MFA’s website: according to Warren's records there were 28 Erotes said to be all from the same grave at Eretria).

Objects in the MFA from the Tomb of the Erotes include 97.290-97.345, 98.790-98.794, 98.798, 98.893, 99.438, and 21.1213.
On the backs of some figures, remains of plaster with the impression of string make it clear that the winged figures were suspended.

Provenance: Amy & Elliot Lawrence Collection, acquired from John J. Klejman, New York on September 10, 1957.

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