Terracotta pelike (jar)
On the shoulder, obverse, kneeling Eros with mirror and aryballos (oil flask)
Reverse, head of a woman
Eros is probaby to be understood as the attendant of the woman, who would be Aphrodite or possibly Helen in a mythological context. Here, without an additional attribute, she may be an ordinary mortal. Her hair is in a kekryphalos, a kind of headband that leaves a ponytail at the back.
Reverse, head of a woman
Eros is probaby to be understood as the attendant of the woman, who would be Aphrodite or possibly Helen in a mythological context. Here, without an additional attribute, she may be an ordinary mortal. Her hair is in a kekryphalos, a kind of headband that leaves a ponytail at the back.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta pelike (jar)
- Artist: Attributed to the Perth Group
- Period: Late Classical
- Date: ca. 350–300 BCE
- Culture: Greek, South Italian, Apulian
- Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
- Dimensions: H. 11 3/8 in. (28.9 cm)
- Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1941
- Object Number: 41.162.273
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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ca. 350–320 BCE
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4th century BCE
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late 10th–early 9th century BCE
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