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Red-Figure Chous with Eros   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Anonymous (Greece)Unknown author
Title
Red-Figure Chous with Eros
Description
English: This small "chous," a vessel for wine, would have been given as a gift to a young boy during the Athenian festival known as the Anthesteria, celebrating the new wine. Such vessels depict children at play, often imitating adults. Here, a chubby Eros runs, pulling a child's toy cart behind him. He wears a wreath, a spiked headdress, and a string of amulets across his chest.
Date circa 410 BC (Classical)
Medium terracotta
medium QS:P186,Q60424
Dimensions H: 3 9/16 x Max. Diam: 2 3/4 in. (9.01 x 7 cm)
institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number
48.206
Place of creation Athens, Greece
Object history
Exhibition history Things With Wings: Mythological Figures in Ancient Greek Art. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2005-2006.
Credit line Acquired by Henry Walters, 1929
Source Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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