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Chalcidian Black-Figure Hydria

Date

about 520–510 B.C.

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek (South Italian)

Department

Vessels

Institution

Getty Museum

Complete and unbroken hydria decorated with animal friezes. On the shoulder: four grazing goats to right alternating with four owls, with frontal heads, to left, and a fifth owl on right end. In the field between the fourth goat and owl, a rosette; behind fifth owl, a large rosette. Body: Side A, confronted seated heraldic panthers, with heads turned back, between seated sphinxes; in the field on each side of the first panther's head, a dot. Side B, two confronted sirens; in the lower field between them a rosette with incised central circle and petals.

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