Comb with relief carving of Aphrodite and Adonis (Primary Title)
Comb with Aphrodite and Adonis (Alternate Title)
Unknown (Artist)
On one face of this comb, Aphrodite, the goddess of love, gazes at her mortal lover Adonis. On the other face, Zeus, the king of the gods, has disguised himself as a bull to carry off his own mortal lover Europa.
Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Fund
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