Terracotta vase in the form of an astragal (knucklebone) ca. 460 B.C. Attributed to an artist recalling the Painter of London D 12 ErosAstragals were popular toys in antiquity. As each side of an astragal is distinctive, what mattered in a game was how the pieces fell. Such games of chance also acquired prophetic or erotic aspects. The poet Anacreon wrote about the astragals of Erosthe dice of Love. It is entirely appropriate that this large example is decorated with a lyre-playing Eros.. Terracotta vase in the form of an astragal (knucklebone). Greek, Attic. ca. 460 B.C.. Terracotta; red-figure. Classical. Vases

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Terracotta vase in the form of an astragal (knucklebone) ca. 460 B.C. Attributed to an artist recalling the Painter of London D 12 ErosAstragals were popular toys in antiquity. As each side of an astragal is distinctive, what mattered in a game was how the pieces fell. Such games of chance also acquired prophetic or erotic aspects. The poet Anacreon wrote about the astragals of Erosthe dice of Love. It is entirely appropriate that this large example is decorated with a lyre-playing Eros.. Terracotta vase in the form of an astragal (knucklebone). Greek, Attic. ca. 460 B.C.. Terracotta; red-figure. Classical. Vases

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