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Terracotta statuette of Eros on a lion

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Terracotta, Hellenistic, Greek South Italian
Greek and Roman Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Rogers Fund 1912
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Title: Terracotta statuette of Eros on a lion
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Terracotta, Hellenistic, Greek South Italian.

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