Terracotta hydria: kalpis (water jar)

Attributed to the manner of the Shuvalov Painter

ca. 430 BCE

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 159

Eros approaching seated woman

Both Eros and the woman are holding fillets (bands). Eros wears a special crown consisting of a diadem that comes to a point over the forehead and is embellished with leaflike projections.

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Title: Terracotta hydria: kalpis (water jar)
Artist: Attributed to the manner of the Shuvalov Painter
Period: Classical
Date: ca. 430 BCE
Culture: Greek, Attic
Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
Dimensions: H. 7 3/16 in. (18.3 cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Purchase, Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation and Schimmel Foundation Inc. Gifts, 1984
Object Number: 1984.11.1
Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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