Terracotta pelike (jar)

Perth Group

ca. 350–300 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

On the shoulder, obverse, kneeling Eros with mirror and aryballos (oil flask) Reverse, head of a woman Eros 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 back.

Artist

Perth Group

Date

ca. 350–300 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, South Italian, Apulian

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1941