Terracotta hydria: kalpis (water jar)

Attributed to the manner of the Shuvalov Painter
ca. 430 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 159
Eros approaching seated woman

Both Eros and the woman are holding fillets (bands). Eros wears a special crown consisting of a diadem that comes to a point over the forehead and is embellished with leaflike projections.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Terracotta hydria: kalpis (water jar)
  • Artist: Attributed to the manner of the Shuvalov Painter
  • Period: Classical
  • Date: ca. 430 BCE
  • Culture: Greek, Attic
  • Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
  • Dimensions: H. 7 3/16 in. (18.3 cm)
  • Classification: Vases
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation and Schimmel Foundation Inc. Gifts, 1984
  • Object Number: 1984.11.1
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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