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Terracotta hydria (water jar)

Attributed to the Amykos Painter
ca. 420–400 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 161
Two women presenting gifts to two youths

The Amykos Painter was a prolific artist who invented a repertoire of stock figural types for his less ambitious works. The youths here are characterized as athletes by their nudity, the gifts of a fillet and wreath, and the strigil (scraper) held by the rightmost figure.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Terracotta hydria (water jar)
  • Artist: Attributed to the Amykos Painter
  • Period: Classical
  • Date: ca. 420–400 BCE
  • Culture: Greek, South Italian, Lucanian
  • Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
  • Dimensions: 18 1/16 in. (45.9 cm)
    Mouth: 19 cm (7 1/2 in.)
    Diameter: 13 3/4 in. × 6 7/16 in. (35 × 16.3 cm)
    Width (with handles): 16 5/16 in. (41.5 cm)
  • Classification: Vases
  • Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
  • Object Number: 91.1.466
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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