Side A of this Lekanis (illustrated here) depicts a figure seated to the right on what appears to be an Ionic column.  The figure holds a fan and mirror in its left hand.  A crossed staff leans at its side, and a long sting of beads or a garland is held in its left hand.  The figure wears a diadem in its hair and on its feet short boots of South Italian type.  Two curved lines on the chest define the silhouette of either well developed pectorals or breasts.  Male genitalia are also depicted.

The figure may be either Eros or Hermaphroditos, depending on whether the curved lines on the chest are understood as male pectorals or female breasts.  Both Eros and Hermaphroditos are conventionally shown with fleshy, feminine physiognomy, but Eros frequently appears on South Italian potter, whereas Hermaphroditos does not.  The mirror that the figure holds supports an identification as Eros.

-- Shoshanna Kirk, from Gazda, ed. The Villa of the Mysteries in Pompeii: Ancient Ritual, Modern Muse (Ann Arbor, 2000) Cat. #5