Terracotta fragment of a hydria (water jar)

Greek, Attic

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 157

At the shoulder, a band of tongues, alternating with red and black; below, draped figure with the left arm bent and raised; youth to right, looking over his left shoulder, with his arms bent, and his left arm raised, with his chlamys draped across his chest and over his shoulders; Theseus to right, with a scabbard, wearing winged sandals, and an animal skin over a chitoniskos, wrestling the Minotaur; below, at the left, top of the head of a filleted figure to right

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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