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Water jar (hydria-kalpis) with Eros leaning on a statue of Aphrodite

350–330 B.C.
Medium/TechniqueBronze; silver inlays
DimensionsHeight x width: 45 x 38 cm (17 11/16 x 14 15/16 in.)
Credit LineMary S. and Edward J. Holmes Fund
Accession number1984.750
On View
On view
ClassificationsVessels
Provenance1984, sold by Mohammad Yeganeh (dealer; b. 1929 - d. 2012), Frankfurt, to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 19, 1984)


Conservation Status: After Cleaning
945–712 B.C.
Presentoir
Wenzel Jamnitzer
third quarter of 16th century
Pectoral
1783–1550 B.C.
Finial
Unidentified artist
mid-13th century
Group shot: 13.4363, 13.4200, 20.1494, 40.469
Joseph Gerte
1700–1550 B.C.
Group shot: 47.1700, 52.1837
William J. Young
1947 (from 2575–2465 B.C. original)
Central figure facing left
525–330 B.C.
Pendant on a chain
1070–712 B.C.