Hellenistic Terracotta Figurine of a Young Eros textileart often serving as status symbols

often serving as status symbols among the elite

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forceful thrusting at close range

Expertly hand-built and meticulously burnished

monochrome glazes

Hellenistic Terracotta Figurine of a Young Eros textileart often serving as status symbolsAncient Greece, The Hellenistic period, c. 320 200 BC, Tanagra, Boeotia, Greece This magnificent hollow Tanagra terracotta figurine, dating from approximately 320200 BC during the Hellenistic period, beautifully portrays a seated young Eros, the Greek god of love and desire. Wrapped tightly in a heavy himation draped over his head, the childlike deity exudes a sense of serene contemplation. The Tanagra figurines, named after the Boeotian town where