Terracotta bobbin ca. 460-450 B.C. Attributed to the Penthesilea Painter One side, Nike (the personification of victory) offering fillet (band) to youthOther side, Eros and youthThis object belongs to a group of roughly half a dozen pieces, all of the same construction and exceptionally fine quality but of undetermined function. The two most frequently advanced interpretations are that they served as bobbins or yo-yos. The shape lends itself to either purpose. The fragility of the material makes clear that they must have been dedications. Like the adjacent pyxis, this bobbin demonstrates the Penthesilea Painter's wonderful gift for color and composition.. Terracotta bobbin 252976 : Attributed to the Penthesilea Painter, Terracotta bobbin, ca. 460450 B.C., Terracotta, diameter of side A 4 13/16 in. (12.3 cm); diameter of side B 5 1/16 in. (12.8 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Fletcher Fund, 1928 (28.167)

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Terracotta bobbin ca. 460-450 B.C. Attributed to the Penthesilea Painter One side, Nike (the personification of victory) offering fillet (band) to youthOther side, Eros and youthThis object belongs to a group of roughly half a dozen pieces, all of the same construction and exceptionally fine quality but of undetermined function. The two most frequently advanced interpretations are that they served as bobbins or yo-yos. The shape lends itself to either purpose. The fragility of the material makes clear that they must have been dedications. Like the adjacent pyxis, this bobbin demonstrates the Penthesilea Painter's wonderful gift for color and composition.. Terracotta bobbin 252976 : Attributed to the Penthesilea Painter, Terracotta bobbin, ca. 460450 B.C., Terracotta, diameter of side A 4 13/16 in. (12.3 cm); diameter of side B 5 1/16 in. (12.8 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Fletcher Fund, 1928 (28.167)

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