Attic Red-Figured Hydria with Aphrodite Pandemos Riding the Goat

Culture: Greek/Attic

Period: 400-375 B.C.

Material: Terracotta

Dimensions: 20.9 cm high

Price: Sold

Ref: 2314

Provenance: French private collection Pierre, Claude & Janine Verité, acquired between 1930 and 1980. Accompanied by a French antiquities passport.

Condition: On the back stabilized cracks, otherwise only minor wear.

Description: Red-figured hydria with typically raised handles and a third vertical one which starts below the rim and reaching to the neck. Egg-and-dart pattern encircling the rim, the neck as well as the bottom frame of the image area. The scene depicts Aphrodite Pandemos with a clothless upper body and a coat thrown over, riding the goat. In front of her the winged Eros.