Relief from couch, Early Imperial, 1st century A.D., Roman, Ivory, Other: 1 5/8 x 5/8 x 4 1/16 in. (4.2 x 1.7 x 10.4 cm), Head of a duck with the figure of Eros.. These reliefs once decorated a dining couch. They would have been attached to the two ends of the fulcrum (headrest), with the head of Cupid in a roundel at the lower end and the duck’s head, with a glass insert for the eye, forming the curving upper end
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Relief, couch, Early Imperial, 1st century .D, Roman, Ivory, 1 5/8 x 4 1/16, 4.2 1.7 10.4 cm, Head, duck, figure, Eros., reliefs, decorated, dining couch, attached, two ends, fulcrum, headrest, head, Cupid, roundel, lower, glass insert, eye, forming, curving upper
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