Eros and a Dolphin
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Bronze
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Buscot and Coleshill Estates, Oxfordshire
NT 1439807
Summary
Bronze sculpture group, Eros and a Dolphin. A bronze fountain in the form of Eros and a dolphin. The boy, his toes in the air, rests his head on the dolphin, his hands either side oof the other's neck. The dolphin resting on his head, curls his tail around the boy. Loosely based on the 2nd century BC marble in the Museo Nazionale, Naples.