Terracotta hydria: kalpis (water jar)
Chrysis Painter
ca. 420–410 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art
Women outdoors The setting is indicated by the uneven terrain and the wisps of plant life growing around the figures. Otherwise, the iconography would be that of women in a domestic interior. The ladies are finely dressed and embellished with jewelry. They are shown with their caskets, wool baskets, and a mirror.
- Artist
- Chrysis Painter
- Date
- ca. 420–410 BCE
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Culture
- Greek, Attic
- Department
- Greek and Roman Art
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1906
