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Two handled jar (amphoriskos) with Eros and a woman
Greek
Classical Period
about 425 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Red Figure
Dimensions
Height x diameter: 19 x 9 cm (7 1/2 x 3 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number00.355
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Caskey-Beazley, Attic Vase Paintings (MFA), no. 162.
DescriptionSide A: Woman, profile to left tying fillet.
Side B: Eros stands to right, holding a tray. Greek inscription EPOS to the right of his face.
Side B: Eros stands to right, holding a tray. Greek inscription EPOS to the right of his face.
InscriptionsΕΡΟS
ProvenanceBy 1900: with E. P. Warren (according to Warren's records: Attica, near Sounion); purchased by MFA from E. P. Warren, February 1900