Box with Sleeping Eros
Unknown
300–400 · Silver · Medieval Art
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.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 300–400
- Medium
- Silver
- Culture
- Roman or Byzantine
- Department
- Medieval Art
- Credit line
- Fletcher Fund, 1947
