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

Terracotta hydria (water jar)

Period:: Archaic
Date:: ca. 550 B.C.
Culture:: Greek, Attic
Medium:: Terracotta; black-figure
Dimensions:: H. 13 1/16 in. (33.1 cm) diameter 8 3/4 in. (22.3 cm) maximum width 10 13/16 in. (27.4 cm) diameter of foot 4 9/16 in. (11.5 cm)
Classification:: Vases
Credit Line:: Purchase, Rogers Fund and Helen H. Mertens, Norbert Schimmel, and Ron V. Gillespie Gifts, 1983
Accession Number:: 1983.11.2

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 152

Description

A couple recline on a couch, while a dog lies under a low table laden with food. A man and a woman approach from either side with wreaths and fillets. The scene may represent the god Dionysos and his consort, Ariadne.
See also
Who
Archippe Group (1)
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.