Terracotta fragments of a hydria (water jar)

Unknown

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

The larger fragment has, at the shoulder, a band of tongues, alternating with red and black; below, helmeted warrior to right, wearing a cuirass, holding a round shield over his shoulder and arm, and a spear in his right hand; below the shoulder, metopes, and part of a structure with a Doric column and a brick wall (Fountain house?); part of the ivy from the panel ornament; a second fragment has part of the brick wall of the structure and ivy from the panel ornament

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