Terracotta fragment of a hydria (water jar)

Unknown

second quarter of the 6th century BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

At the juncture of the neck and shoulder, part of a band of tongues, alternating black and red; below, on the shoulder, a lion to right with a rosette underneath his belly; two confronting sphinxes; one foreleg of a lion to left; at the bottom left, head of a bearded man to right, interrupting the shoulder panel; at the right, top knots of two horses to right interrupting the sphinx in the shoulder panel; holes from ancient repairs visible

Artist

Unknown

Date

second quarter of the 6th 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