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Statuette of Eros as Harpokrates carrying a cornucopia
Statuette of Eros as Harpokrates carrying a cornucopia

Statuette of Eros as Harpokrates carrying a cornucopia

the Diphilos' workshop
late 1st century B.C. – early 1st century A.D.
Medium/TechniqueTerracotta
Dimensions37.4 cm (14 3/4 in.)
Credit LineHenry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession number00.322
On View
On view
ClassificationsSculpture
ProvenanceSaid to have been found in Myrina, Turkey [see note 1]. By 1892, A. Frontrier, Smyrna [see note 2]; by 1900, sold by Frontrier to Edward Perry Warren (b. 1860 - d. 1928), London; 1900, sold by Warren to the MFA. (Accession date: February 1, 1900)
NOTES:
[1] According to Warren’s records, this was found together with MFA accession no. 00.321.
[2] Published as such in Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 17 (1893), pp. 182-183.

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