Hydria (Water Jar)

Art Institute of Chicago

Hydria (Water Jar)

Greek; probably Campania, Italy

Date
400-350 BCE
Medium
terracotta, black-glaze
Culture
Greece
Department
Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago

The black-glazed body of this water jar is decorated with vertical ribbing, but under the vertical handle there is a stack of three inverted “v”s. There is a frieze of red-figured ovolos on the edge of the mouth.

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Object type
AAT300193015

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