Terracotta hydria: kalpis (water jar)
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late 5th century BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art
Two women One woman holds a casket, the other a lekythos (oil flask). Such a scene probably has nuptial connotations, but the same figures appear during the late fifth and four centuries B.C. on marble grave reliefs.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- late 5th century BCE
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Culture
- Greek, Attic
- Department
- Greek and Roman Art
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1941
