Box with Sleeping Eros
Unknown Artist
Eros, the god of love, sleeps on a lion's skin with his bow in hand. The sides of this box are decorated with playful putti holding garlands and bulls' heads, an ancient sign of fertility.
Credit: Fletcher Fund, 1947
300-400
Silver
9.1 x 25.1 cm
47.100.33
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Permanent collection
