Shield with a head of Helios
late 4th–first half of 3rd century B.C.
FindspotEretria, Euboia, Greece
Medium/TechniqueTerracotta, gilded and painted
DimensionsDiameter: 8.8 cm (3 7/16 in.)
Credit LineCatharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession number97.323
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSculpture
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ProvenanceBy 1897: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: [one of] 28 round shields and oblong shields sent with the Erotes as from the same grave [at Eretria]); 1897: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 25,000.00 (this figure is the total price for MFA 97.285-97.442 and 97.1104)
late 4th–first half of 3rd century B.C.
late 4th–first half of 3rd century B.C.
late 4th–first half of 3rd century B.C.
late 4th–first half of 3rd century B.C.
late 4th–first half of 3rd century B.C.
late 4th–first half of 3rd century B.C.
late 4th–first half of 3rd century B.C.
late 4th–first half of 3rd century B.C.
late 4th–first half of 3rd century B.C.
late 4th–first half of 3rd century B.C.
late 4th–first half of 3rd century B.C.
late 4th–first half of 3rd century B.C.