Chous with Eros Pulling Toy Cart

ca. 410 BCE (Classical)

7 cm 9 cm

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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...

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Kalebjian Freres, Paris, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, 1928, by purchase [Brummer inv. no. P5461]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1929, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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