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Red-Figure Squat Lekythos (Oil Vessel): Eros and Woman

c. 400–380 BCE

Greek, Attic

Medium
ceramic
Measurements
Overall: 11.7 cm (4 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1926.553
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Location
102B Greek
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Added clay pellets help to define the figures’ jewelry and other elements, including the ornament above.

Description

This miniature oil vessel dates to the early fourth century BC, a time when red-figure vase painters become more liberal in the use of added white and other colors. Here, both Eros and the woman he pursues have white skin, with blue adorning her garment and his wings, and light brown coloring the added clay used for their jewelry, headbands, and the fronts of his wings. A large red-figure palmette, flanked by tendrils and half-palmettes, occupies the back of the vase.
A black ceramic vessel features a rounded body, narrow neck, and flared rim. On the body, a winged Eros with white skin reaches toward a woman in a light blue dress holding a tan rectangular box above her head. Terracotta-colored petal patterns ring the base of the neck and the bottom of the vessel. Areas of the white and blue paint appear worn against the vessel's black surface.

Red-Figure Squat Lekythos (Oil Vessel): Eros and Woman

c. 400–380 BCE

Greek, Attic

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