Eros riding a hippocampus
Sardonyx. 1st—2nd centuries.
1.4 × 1.7 cm. Inv. No. Ж 34.Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum

Eros riding a hippocampus.

Sardonyx. 1st—2nd centuries.
1.4 × 1.7 cm.
Inv. No. Ж 34.

Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum
(Санкт-Петербург, Государственный Эрмитаж).

Credits:
© 1971. Photo, text: Neverov O. Antique cameos in the Hermitage Collection. Aurora Art Publishers. Leningrad. 1971. P. 93, pl. 94.
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