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Terracotta fragments of a hydria (water jar)

third quarter of the sixth century BCE
Not on view
From the shoulder of the hydria, a band of tongues; below, head, neck, and bent raised right arm, holding a spear, of a draped, helmeted warrior to left, with a round shield in his left hand; a second fragment, also from the shoulder, has black glaze; a third fragment depicts the heads, chests, and legs of two harnessed horses to right; behind the two horses, a grazing deer to left; at the right, part of the ivy from the panel ornament; below, a band of upright lotus buds; a fourth fragment, has ivy from the panel ornament; a fifth fragment has rays from the bottom of the vase; three black glaze fragments

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Terracotta fragments of a hydria (water jar)
  • Period: Archaic
  • Date: third quarter of the sixth century BCE
  • Culture: Greek, Attic
  • Medium: Terracotta; black-figure
  • Classification: Vases
  • Credit Line: Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011
  • Object Number: 2011.604.3.725a–h
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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