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Eros, God of Love (00:49:32) 1103 views
Bronze cock
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This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 151
With its crest and full tail, this bird is particularly magnificent. It could have stood on the base or been hung through the loop on the back.
Alexander, Christine. 1935. "Notes: A Greek Bronze Bird." Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 30(12): pp. 255-56.Alexander, Christine. 1945. "Early Statuettes from Greece." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 3(10): p. 243.Mertens, Joan R. 1985. "Greek Bronzes in the Metropolitan Museum of Art." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 43(2): no. 6, pp. 16-17.
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