ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art
Vessel Attachment in the Form of Eros Holding a Funerary Torch
CultureGreek, Canosan
PeriodHellenistic
Date3rd Century BCE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Joel Silverfield
Dimensions5 1/4 x 2 9/16 x 2 1/4 in. (13.3 x 6.5 x 5.7 cm)
Object number2002.009.001
Label TextEros stands with his right hand on his hip and his left foot raised, leaning against a downturned funerary torch held in his left hand. He wears a foliate crown. Remains of white ground.The figure would originally have been attached to a pottery vessel, likely an askos. Such vessels were buried as grave goods and were often decorated with funerary imagery. Here, the downturned torch symbolizes death, while Eros himself represents the pleasures of the Afterlife, newly conceptualized as the happy resting place of the blessed.
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2004 - January 2012
Annotations: George Cooke, Thomas Hope and the Lure of Antiquitiy,Columbus Museum, Columbus, Georgia, February 5 - July 22, 2012
MCCM Permanent Collection Gallery, August 2012 - September 15, 2014
MCCM Permanent Collection Installation, September 29, 2014 - Present
Published ReferencesMCCM Newsletter, September - November 2002.
ProvenanceEx coll. Joel Silverfield, United States.
Status
On viewCollections
- Greek and Roman Art
second quarter of the 4th Century BCE
late 1st Century BCE-1st Century CE
1st-2nd Century CE
mid to late 2nd century CE
3rd-2nd Century BCE
2nd Century CE
late 1st Century BCE
4th Century BCE
4th Century BCE
