A large Eros.
I don't know the find spot of this boy holding a hare (ca 320-310 BC), but similar statues have been found at Artemis sanctuary in Brauron (Attica).
A cycladic figurine, compare to the one in this post.
Saturday, February 6, 2010
A large Eros.
I don't know the find spot of this boy holding a hare (ca 320-310 BC), but similar statues have been found at Artemis sanctuary in Brauron (Attica).
A cycladic figurine, compare to the one in this post.
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The cycladic figure gives the expression "a blank face" a face, if I may say so. Quite fascinating.
Very true, but we must remember that they were painted and even inlaid with other stones from time to time - the ancient impression might have been very different.
The thing that I find very interesting with these are that we have no idea what so ever what they were used for (even as a lot of people argue that they had cultic significance, a very much over used explanation in archaeology).
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