Terracotta hydria (water jar)

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4th century BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

This extraordinarily beautiful vase is decorated at the neck with a wreath of vine tendrils and gilded leaves. There is gilding as well on the lip and on the delicate ornament at the handles. During the fourth century B.C., the taste for vases with anthropomorphic embellishment such as a necklace extended from Southern Italy to the Black Sea area.

Artist

Unknown

Date

4th century BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, Attic

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Funds from various donors, 1923