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Squat Lekythos (oil flask): Eros and Woman

Lekythos · 400 BCE-350 BCE

Small squat lekythos: seated woman with nude upper body, her head turned towards the kneeling figure of Eros on the right; flesh painted in white; headband and wings of Eros picked out in added clay with traces of gilding.

Vase chipped at base and mouth.

Shape

Lekythos

Period

Classical period, Late

Date

400 BCE-350 BCE

Culture

Greek

Museum

Harvard Art Museums

Accession Number

1927.147

Image Source

harvard

Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)