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Terracotta hydria: kalpis (water jar)

last quarter of the 6th century BCE
Not on view
Lower body of charioteer mounting the chariot box, holding the reins of the horses of the four horse chariot to right; behind the horses, a draped woman looking to left, holding one or two staves in her right hand?; in the fields, letters

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  • Title: Terracotta hydria: kalpis (water jar)
  • Period: Archaic
  • Date: last quarter of the 6th 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: 2011.604.3.707
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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