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| ID | 311 |
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| Grid Ref | SE6052 |
| Project type | Unknown |
| County | Yorkshire, North |
| Site | York |
| Site Type | Colonia |
| Location Type | Unknown |
| Context | Unknown |
| Context Quality | 1 |
| Object Date | C3? |
| Object Period | 3 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Secondary Material | Eyes inlaid? |
| Location | Yorkshire Museum |
| Ref No | YORYM 2009.30 |
| M/F | Male |
| Age | Child |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Deity |
| Name | Cupid |
| Bearded | No |
| Standing/Seated | Standing |
| Attributes | Yes |
| Attribute description | Wings, duck or dove, grapes? |
| Clothed | No |
| Drapery | No |
| Condition | Worn, tip of right wing broken |
| Classical | 1 |
| Quality | Classical 2 |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | No |
| Height | 84.00 |
| Length | 0.00 |
| Parallels | Frindsbury (370) |
| References | Green 1978, 75, no 28; pl 33; Home 1924, pl opp p130; Hutchinson 1986, 213, Me-20 [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | The hair is worn in long wavy locks, tightly curled at the tips to frame the face; one thick strand is separated form the main mass of hair and tightly plaited, with the plait doubled back across the crown of the head and ending in a little tuft just above the forehead (Hutchinson). Stands holding the bird in the palm of his left hand and a bunch of grapes in his right. Proportions good, detail good, nice piece, just not in very good condition. |
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