Hydria
Object Number:
51-32-1
Current Location:
Greece Gallery
Culture:
Attic
Provenience:
Greece
Attica
Manufacture Location:
Attica
Period:
Archaic Greek Period
Date Made:
530-520 BC
Early Date:
-530
Late Date:
-520
Section:
Mediterranean
Materials:
Ceramic
Technique:
Black Figure
Iconography:
Warrior
Charioteer
Quadriga
Horses
Boxer
Description:
Departure of warrior. Intact, save for cracks. Some repainting on handle. Rays above foot. Front panel bordered at sides by ivy pattern, below by meander. Quadriga to right; charioteer in long white robe holds reins, standing in chariot. Behind horses armed warrior left; shield device bent leg. Behind him old man with white hair and beard. Shoulder panel bordered above by tongue pattern, red and black. Two boxers fighting over two stacked cauldrons, center; two draped spectators to each side. Good black glaze, plentiful added red and white, well preserved.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Randal Morgan
Current & Past Exhibitions:
Mini Greek Exhibit (09 Oct 1989 - 1994)
Ancient Greek World (08 May 1994)
Bibliography:
[Electronic] 1997. The Perseus Project.
[Book] Brommer, Frank. 1960. Vasenlisten zur griechischen Heldensage.
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