Terracotta fragment of a hydria (water jar)

Unknown

third quarter of the sixth century BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

On the shoulder, legs of a male mounting a chariot; tails and hindquarters of horses to right; at the bottom left, ivy from the panel ornament; at the shoulder, metopes and part of a superstructure; below, part of the head of a male to right; capital and part of the shaft of a Doric column; part of the head of a male to right

Artist

Unknown

Date

third quarter of the sixth century BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, Attic

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011