K34.1 POTHOS
Museum Collection | The J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu |
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Catalogue No. | Malibu 81.AE.78 |
Beazley Archive No. | N/A |
Ware | Paestan Red Figure |
Shape | Krater, Calyx |
Painter | Signed by Asteas |
Date | ca 340 B.C. |
Period | Late Classical |
DESCRIPTION
Detail of Pothos (Sexual Longing) from a painting depicting a bull-shaped Zeus carrying the maiden Europa across the sea. The young love-god is sprinking his nectar of desire upon the pair.