Lot 70
70
A LATE HELLENISTIC OR ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF EROS

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A LATE HELLENISTIC OR ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF EROS
Circa 2nd-1st Century B.C.

His head turned sharply to the right on an angled neck, with thick wavy locks and a central braid drawn back from the forehead over the top of the head, 8 1/4in. (21cm.) high
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Lot Essay

Perhaps a version of the Eros sculpted circa 340-330 B.C. by Lysippos for the Sanctuary of Eros at Thespiae. Compare the head in Baltimore, no. 7 in Reeder, Hellenistic Art. For the complete figure in the British Museum, see fig. 87 in Bieber, The Sculpture of the Hellenistic Age.