Among the many changes brought to the city of Athens by the ruler Peisistratos and his sons was an improved water system and new public fountains. During the latter part of the sixth century B.C., scenes of women at a fountain house became very popular on black-figure vases. Here women gather to chat and to fill their hydriai.
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Title:Terracotta hydria (water jar)
Artist:Attributed to the Class of Hamburg 1917.477
Period:Archaic
Date:ca. 510–500 BCE
Culture:Greek, Attic
Medium:Terracotta; black-figure
Dimensions:H. 14 3/4 in. (37.5 cm)
Classification:Vases
Credit Line:Rogers Fund, 1906
Object Number:06.1021.77
[Until 1906, with C. and E. Canessa, Paris and Naples]; acquired 1906, purchased from C. and E. Canessa.
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McClees, Helen. 1924. The Daily Life of the Greeks and Romans: As Illustrated in the Classical Collections. p. 37, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Beazley, John D. 1971. Paralipomena: Additions to Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painters and to Attic Red-Figure Vase-Painters [2nd edition]. p. 148, Oxford: Clarendon Press.
von Bothmer, Dietrich. 1972. Greek Vase Painting: An Introduction. p. 5, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
von Bothmer, Dietrich. 1972. "Greek Vase Painting." Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 31(1): pp. 4–5.
Tölle-Kastenbein, Renate. 1994. Das archaische Wasserleitungsnetz für Athen und seine späteren Bauphasen. pp. 94ff, Mainz am Rhein: Verlag Philipp von Zabern.
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Oakley, John H. 2020. A Guide to Scenes of Daily Life on Athenian Vases. pp. 71–72, fig. 3.1, Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press.
Metropolitan Museum of Art. 2020. ART = Discovering Infinite Connections in Art History. pp. 158, 267, New York: Phaidon Press.
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