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Attributed to the Shuvalov Painter
Two women
This domestic scene depicts a woman holding a rather large chest or casket that her counterpart—perhaps her mistress—seems to be opening. On the ground between them stands a kalathos (wool basket).
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Title: Terracotta hydria: kalpis (water jar)
Artist:
Attributed to the Shuvalov Painter
Period: Classical
Date: ca. 420 BCE
Culture: Greek, Attic
Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
Dimensions: H. 6 13/16 in. (17.3 cm); diameter 4 13/16 in. (12.2 cm); width with handles 6 in. (15.3 cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1941
Object Number: 41.162.89
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