Universitätsbibliothek HeidelbergUniversitätsbibliothek Heidelberg
Metadaten

Walters, Henry Beauchamp
Catalogue of the bronzes, Greek, Roman, and Etruscan in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum — London, 1899

DOI Seite / Zitierlink:
https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.12655#0273

DWork-Logo
Überblick
Faksimile
0.5
1 cm
facsimile
Vollansicht
OCR-Volltext
STATUETTES OF EROS.

199

G. TYPES OF EROS, etc. (1125-1194).

a. Standing Types, with Attributf.s.

1125. Eros. Stands on 1. leg, with 1. fist clenched, and with r. hand draws an
arrow from a quiver slung behind his back by a belt over r. shoulder; his hair
falls in curls, with a top-knot, and a plait along the top of the head.

Ht. 3f in. Rather coarse style.

1126. Eros, from a relief in low repousse. He stands to the front, looking to 1.,
with 1. hand on hip, in r. a wand (?); wings spread. On either side is a pattern
of palmettes and volutes.

2^ X if in. Rhodes Sale, 1846 ; formerly in Elgin Coll.

1127. Eros with alabastron. Stands on r. leg, looking to his 1., holding a shell
in 1. hand, and an alabastro?i in r. above his head ; his hair falls in curls.

Ht. H in. Hamilton Coll. 180. Feet broken.

1128. Eros with alabastron. Stands on r. leg, with 1. foot slightly advanced,
holding out a shell in 1. hand, in r. an alabastron ; hair tied in a top-knot and
falling in curls all round.

Ht. 2f in. Castellani, 1873. Corroded.

1129. Eros with alabastron. Stands on r. leg, with 1. advanced, looking upwards ;

in r. hand is an alabastron, in 1. a shell; hair in a top-knot with curls all round,

and a plait on the top of the head.

Ht. 2f in.; with base, 3f in. Hamilton Coll. (?).

1130. Eros with festoon. Stands on r. leg, with 1. leg drawn back, holding up a

festoon in both hands ; hair in a top-knot, with curls all round and a plait along

the top.

Ht. 2f in. Left foot broken off.

1131. Eros with alabastron. Moves forward with 1. leg advanccd, holding in r.
hand an alabastron or handle of mirror, in 1. a vase ; infantile face.

Ht. if in. Blacas Colh, 1867.

1132. Eros with box. Stands on r. leg, with 1. foot raised to height of r. knee,
holding out some object in r. hand ; in 1. he holds a box with open lid and six
covered compartments inside ; along his head is a plait reaching down to the
neck, the hair each side being waved.

Ht. 2f in. From Corfu. Woodhouse Coll., 1868. Feet lost. Coarse workmanship.
 
Annotationen