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PROPERTY FROM A NEW ENGLAND COLLECTION
A CANOSAN TERRACOTTA GROUP
APULIA, CIRCA EARLY 3RD CENTURY B.C.
Details
A CANOSAN TERRACOTTA GROUP
APULIA, CIRCA EARLY 3RD CENTURY B.C.
Depicting Eros and Psyche embracing, on an integral round socle, striding forward with their left legs in sync, decorated in bright polychromy over white slip, Eros depicted nude, his pink and blue wings outstretched, Psyche with a long tightly-fitted blue chiton, revealing her body below, a lyre to her left, each with brown hair crowned by a garland of ivy
6 1/16 in. (15.3 cm.) high
APULIA, CIRCA EARLY 3RD CENTURY B.C.
Depicting Eros and Psyche embracing, on an integral round socle, striding forward with their left legs in sync, decorated in bright polychromy over white slip, Eros depicted nude, his pink and blue wings outstretched, Psyche with a long tightly-fitted blue chiton, revealing her body below, a lyre to her left, each with brown hair crowned by a garland of ivy
6 1/16 in. (15.3 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired by the current owner's father, New York, prior to 1980.
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