619, An Eros with a whip on the back of a crouching bear, a tendril? behind him; another Eros, one foot in the bear's mouth, fights it off from the front with a torch. Ground line.

Record Number: 40004674
Sub-database: Marlborough
Reference Number: 619
Period of Original Gem: 1st cent. BC/AD.
Material of Original Gem: Cornelian
Description: An Eros with a whip on the back of a crouching bear, a tendril? behind him; another Eros, one foot in the bear's mouth, fights it off from the front with a torch. Ground line.
Last Recorded Collection: Unknown
Previous Collections:
- Story-Maskelyne, M.H.: The Marlborough Gems (1870): no. 149
- Boardman, J., Scarisbrick, D., Wagner C., Zwierlein-Diehl, E: The Marlborough Gems (2009): no. 619
Size: 17x14

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