Wine Pitcher with Eros and Two Women

CultureGreek (Apulian)
Titles
  • Wine Pitcher with Eros and Two Women
Date340–300 BC
PlaceItaly
MediumTerracotta
Dimensionsheight × diameter: 8 3/8 × 5 1/2 inches (21.3 × 14.0 cm.)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Mr. and Mrs. John J. Moran
Object number76.199
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
217 Blaffer Galleries
On view

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Department
Antiquities
Object Type
Provenance[Jeanette G. Brun, Kunst der Antike, Zurich, Switzerland, by 1976]; purchased by MFAH, 1976.
Exhibition History"A Permanent Heritage: major works from the collection," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 23 October–4 January 1981, no. 16.

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