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K21.2 PANDAISIA & EUDAIMONIA

Pandaisia & Eudaimonia | Attic red figure vase painting
DETAILS
Museum Collection British Museum, London
Catalogue No. London E698
Beazley Archive No. 220518
Ware Attic Red Figure
Shape Lekythos, Squat
Painter Attributed to Imitation of Meidias Painter
Date ca 450 - 400 B.C.
Period Classical

DESCRIPTION

The younger Charites Pandaisia (Feasting), carrying a tray of ripe fruit and a myrtle(?) frond, and Eudaimonia (Happiness), seated holding a necklace, are accompanied by Eros the winged god of love. Other figures in the scene (not shown) include Aphrodite, Hygeia (Health) and Polycles. The figures are all labelled by the vase painter.

ARTICLES

Charites, Eros