Winged Eros Terracotta Statuette in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, November 2010

Title: Terracotta lekythos in the form of a flying Eros

Medium; Technique: Terracotta

Culture: Greek, Attic

Period: Late Classical

Date: 2nd half of the 4th century B.C.

Dimensions: H. 22.20 cm.

Classification: Vases

Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1926

Accession Number: 26.60.64


Description:

The figure holds an incense burner

Although vases in figural form were known in Greek art since early Archaic times, during the fourth century B.C., a particularly elaborate combination of vase and terracotta developed. Originally, this fine example was embellished with added color.

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