CIRCA LATE 3RD-EARLY 4TH CENTURY A.D.

This mold-made jug is ornamented throughout, including the vessel neck that is in the form of the head of a woman with a melon coiffure. On the shoulders in relief is a series of mischievous Erotes. At the center, a draped Eros grabs the hair and prepares to flagellate a nude Eros who stands with his arms tied behind his back. To their left, a diminutive draped Eros attends to a rectangular structure on a stand, perhaps a military standard, and to their right, a diminutive draped Eros looks on from a platform. Further to the right, a nude Eros on a plinth holds a down-turned torch. The underside of the body has a pattern of ridged leaves alternating with smooth ones rising up on from the ring foot.