Oud-Grieks Stunning Winged Eros Riding a SeaHorse Carnelian Stone Intaglio

Stunning Intaglio Carnelian Stone , Ancient Greece 300-100 BC Intaglio show Winged Eros riding a Seahorse (Hippocampus)Very Rare piece.!!!!!!!!!In Greek mythology, Eros (Ancient Greek: Ἔρως) or Eros (Latinized) is the god of love and the desire for beauty, and the driving force behind attraction and attachment, blind passion for something or someone, and procreation in nature. His equivalent in Roman mythology is Cupid (also called Amor). Eros was the son of Aphrodite and Ares. Eros uses a bow and arrow to shoot at people. If he hits someone, they instantly fall in love. Even the gods were not safe from him.Weight : 2.74 Gram 16.1 x 11.9 mmHigh Qualtysee image for own impression Own private collection inherited from Grandfather, who built the collection in the 1960's "No Shipping to the USA In Roman mythology and art, the seahorse, known as a hippocampus, was a mythical creature with the upper body of a horse and the lower body of a fish. These powerful, magical beasts were the ever that pulled the chariot of Neptune, the Roman god of the sea, symbolizing his dominion over the ocean and its forces. Novels depicted them in art, mosaics, and sculptures, often in a context... lees verder bij Catawiki