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663098001
Description
Pottery: red-figured hydria. Design red and white on black ground, with accessories of yellow. Round the lip, wave-pattern; on the neck, tongue-pattern; on the shoulder, laurel-wreath with a white flower in the middle; below the design, wave-pattern all round; at the back, palmettes. In the centre is Eros running or genuflecting to right, with hair in a knot, wreath, and sandals, white wings with yellow markings; he holds out an white object of uncartain nature in both hands. Before him is a female figure with hair in a knot, wreath, bracelets, long girt chiton, and sandals; her left hand rests on an Ionic column. Behind Eros is a similar female figure running up, with flesh painted white; she holds a white taenia in both hands. Under each handle is a female head turned towards the design, with close embroidered cap (beads and wave-pattern in front), earrings, and necklace; behind each is a ball. The vase is not entirely straight, the top sloping slightly to the left.
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