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Eros and woman
The scene shows a woman seated with a casket and pet bird, thus probably in the domestic quarters of her house. Eros hovers before her holding out a garment, probably for her impending marriage.
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Title: Terracotta hydria (water jar)
Period: Classical
Date: ca. 430–420 BCE
Culture: Greek, Attic
Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
Dimensions: H. 9 5/16 in. (23.6 cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915
Accession Number: 30.115.28
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