Squat Lekythos: Eros and a Woman
![Squat black-and-red oil jug with a painting of winged Eros playing a tambourine-like instrument. A woman wearing a long, sleeveless dress faces him, dancing.](https://isaw.nyu.edu/exhibitions/ballets-russes/objects/73/@@images/ddf3e332-a0b4-4661-b772-5c07e5ae0f71.jpeg)
Squat Lekythos: Eros and a Woman
- Description:
- Squat Lekythos (Oil Flask) Depicting Winged Eros Playing a Tympanon as a Woman Dances
- Artist:
- Artist Unknown
- Medium:
- Terracotta; red figure
- Dimensions:
- H. 17.5 cm; Diam. of body 10.2 cm; Diam. of foot 7.8 cm
- Context:
- Attica, Greece
- Date:
- Classical, 450–400 BCE
- Inventory Number:
- 24.97.35
- Lender:
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
- Credit:
- Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fletcher Fund, 1924
CC0 1.0, Image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art