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| Keywords: Greek - Red-Figure Chous with Eros - Walters 48206.jpg 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 ca 410 BC Classical terracotta H 3 9/16 x Max Diam 2 3/4 in 9 01 x 7 cm accession number 48 206 2068 Joseph Brummer New York date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1929 Things With Wings Mythological Figures in Ancient Greek Art The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2005-2006 place of origin Athens Greece Walters Art Museum license Ancient Greek red-figure pottery in the Walters Art Museum Art from Greece Anthesteria Eros in ancient Greek pottery | ||||
