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Identification and Creation

Object Number
54.1908
Title
Eros and Psyche
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
statuette, sculpture
Date
323-31 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Asia Minor
Period
Hellenistic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/293382

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Technique
Mold-made
Dimensions
13.4 cm (5 1/4 in.)
Elbow to wing: 6.9 cm (2 11/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Misses Katharine B. and Mary D. Upham; loan to Fogg Art Museum, 1908.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Loan from Estate of Donald Upham and Mrs. R. U. Hunter
Object Number
54.1908
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Two figures standing side by side. Psyche is on the left, dressed in a himation with a melon coiffure. Eros is nude, but has a chlamys thrown over his shoulders, with his left wing protruding and is wearing a garland around his head. Traces of red in Psyche's hair, unmodeled back with no vent hole. Small hole in the center between the figures, base and back repaired inside with white plaster.
Traces of red pigment.

Publication History

  • Amy Sowder, "Greek Bronze Hydriai" (2009), Emory University, (Ph.D. diss.), p. 264.

Verification Level

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