38 ROMAN BRONZE NUDE EROS SEATED UPON A PALMETTE AND HOLDING A LAMB 2nd Century AD. H. 2 1/4 in (5.8 cm.) Ex French collection; J.M.E. collection, New York. acquired at the Drouot, Paris, in 2006. 39 ROMAN BRONZE EROS RIDING A LEAPING DOLPHIN with integral pedestal base. 1st-2nd Century AD. H. 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) Ex J.M.E. collection, New York, acquired in Brussels from J.H., Freiburg, Germany, in 2007. 40 ROMAN BRONZE WINGED EROS RIDING A PANTHER, symbolic of the life force; the animal seated with its right paw raised; large inlaid spots of oxidized silver. 2nd-3rd Century AD. H. 2 5/8 in. (6.8 cm.) Ex French collection; J.M.E. collection, New York, acquired at the Drouot, Paris, in 2000. 41 ROMAN SMALL BRONZE WINGED EROS RIDING ON A STAG Eros, with Phrygian cap, riding a stag on pierced rectangular base. Ca. 2nd-3rd Century AD. H. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) Ex J.M.E. collection, New York, acquired in London in April 1989.
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