A Roman Marble Fountain Figure of Eros pinched by a Crab, circa 2nd Century A.D.

seated in a contorted pose on a rocky outcrop, resting his right hand on a fish-shaped waterspout  and raising his left arm, his head turned to his left, his mouth opened, brow knitted, and forehead furrowed in an expression of severe pain and discontent, his right foot pinched by a crab carved in relief on the rock in front; left wing, top and bottom of right wing, left arm with fishing pole, right foot, and head of fish restored, on a rusticated modern marble base.

European collection, circa 18th Century (based on restoration techniques)
French private collection, acquired in the 1950s

As described. Restored: base, proper left wing, top and bottom of proper right wing, left arm, right foot, head of fish. Surface re-polished.
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The iconography is without parallels, but cf. a wall-painting with Eros riding a crab: LIMC, vol. 3, p. 1005, no. 422, pl. 707. For the composition cf. a statue from Pompeii: A. Carrella et al., Marmora Pompeiana nel Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, 2008, p. 136, no. C26.