The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Terracotta hydria (water jar)

Terracotta hydria (water jar)

Period:: Archaic
Date:: ca. 560 B.C.
Culture:: Greek, Attic
Medium:: Terracotta; black-figure
Dimensions:: H. 15 15/16 in. (40.5 cm) diameter of mouth 6 in. (15.2 cm) diameter of foot 5 11/16 in. (14.5 cm)
Classification:: Vases
Credit Line:: Fletcher Fund, 1956
Accession Number:: 56.171.28

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 152

Description

On the shoulder of this beautifully decorated vase, three men wrapped in brightly colored cloaks are flanked by large roosters and flowers as well as a siren and a swan. Below the floral band stroll panthers, goats, and a swan.
Provenance

Said to be from Kamiros, on Rhodes
See also
Who
Ptoon Painter (2)
What
Clay (23,649)

Vessels (21,921)

Vases (8,895)

Terracotta (8,373)

Hydriae (160)
Where
Europe (148,586)

Greece (6,287)
When
1000 B.C.-A.D. 1 (23,148)
In the Museum
Greek and Roman Art (17,329)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Ancient Greece, 1000 B.C.–1 A.D.