Terracotta pelike (jar) ca. 350–300 Attributed to the Perth Group On the shoulder, obverse, kneeling Eros with mirror and aryballos (oil flask)Reverse, head of a womanEros 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 Terracotta pelike (jar) 254442 : Attributed to the Perth Group, Terracotta pelike (jar), ca. 350?300 , Terracotta, H. 11 3/8 in. (
Terracotta pelike (jar) ca. 350–300 Attributed to the Perth Group On the shoulder, obverse, kneeling Eros with mirror and aryballos (oil flask)Reverse, head of a womanEros 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 Terracotta pelike (jar) 254442 : Attributed to the Perth Group, Terracotta pelike (jar), ca. 350?300 , Terracotta, H. 11 3/8 in. ( cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Rogers Fund, 1941 ()
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