Agora Object: Agora XXX, no. 162 Chronology: | | Probably second quarter of the 4th century B.C. | Deposit: | | P 7--12 | Published Number: | | AV 30.162 | References: | | Object: P 25712
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Wall fragment with turn of shoulder. Max. dim. 0.098.
Eros (head missing) flying to left, holding out a fillet. In front of him is the back of the head and the left shoulder of a woman to left. Behind him, face, top of head with spiked fillet of a woman also to left. A bit of her drapery appears below, at the break. Below Eros, three spikes, probably the top of a tripod. Above the figures, egg pattern with dots. Dilute glaze: hair. White: left woman's garment. Added clay: Eros, fillet held by him; bead on woman's shoulder; spikes of fillet and spikes of tripod. Traces of gilding on Eros' left shoulder.
For a representation of such a tripod, although painted, not in added clay, see Bologna 303 by the Kadmos Painter (ARV2 1184, 6; Paralip. 460, 6; Addenda 341).
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