Terracotta fragment of a hydria (water jar)

Greek, Attic

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 157

At the juncture of the neck and shoulder, part of a band of tongues, alternating black and red; below, on the shoulder, a lion to right with a rosette underneath his belly; two confronting sphinxes; one foreleg of a lion to left; at the bottom left, head of a bearded man to right, interrupting the shoulder panel; at the right, top knots of two horses to right interrupting the sphinx in the shoulder panel; holes from ancient repairs visible

Terracotta fragment of a hydria (water jar), Terracotta, Greek, Attic

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Terracotta fragment of a hydria (water jar), Terracotta, Greek, Attic
Terracotta fragment of a hydria (water jar), Terracotta, Greek, Attic

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