Terracotta fragment of a hydria (water jar)

Unknown

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

At the shoulder, a band of tongues, alternating with black and red; below, in the panel, filleted youth to right, wearing a himation, holding a staff in his right hand; head, neck, and part of the upper torso of a wreathed youth to right (charioteer holding the reins of a chariot and a goad?)

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