Relief from couch

Unknown

1st century CE · Ivory · Greek and Roman Art

Head of a duck with the figure of Eros. These reliefs once decorated a dining couch. They would have been attached to the two ends of the fulcrum (headrest), with the head of Cupid in a roundel at the lower end and the duck’s head, with a glass insert for the eye, forming the curving upper end.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1st century CE

Medium

Ivory

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917