A small, statuette-size sculpture represents Cupid (Eros in Greek art) holding a big bird against his chest. The motif comes back to the Hellenistic art that introduced several charming representations of children or Erotes with their pets, little dogs or birds
The figurine is flat and slightly rounded. The shield-shaped outline, typical of these idols known as “schematic”, probably represents the silhouette of a seated human body, but without any volume.
This animal, which can certainly be identified as a canid is seated with its legs folded under its body, its head raised and directed towards the viewer.he perforation between the legs and the incisions made with a bouterolle indicate that this object served as a personal seal: it would have been worn suspended from the wrist, the neck or the belt, so that it was always available when needed.
