Campanian bell-krater
The obverse representing a winged Eros standing between two seated figures, holding a mirror in his right hand, a phiale with an alabastron in his left, nude but for a large necklace; on his right a seated woman holding a patera and a flabellum, on his left a seated youth with a patera and a floral sceptre; the reverse with two draped youth wearing a long himation and holding a stick; a band of meander below, a band of laurel encircling above, standing palmette below each handle, added white for details.
Period
Early 3rd century B.C.
Dimension
H.
40 cm (15 3⁄4 in)
W.
44 cm (17 21⁄64 in)
Private collection, Switzerland, prior to 1972
Thence by descent
