Hydria
| Object Number: | 51-32-1 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: |
Greece Gallery Currently On Display |
| Culture: | Attic |
| Provenience: | Greece Attica |
| Manufacture Location: | Attica |
| Period: | Archaic Greek Period |
| Date Made: | 530-520 BCE |
| Early Date: | -530 |
| Late Date: | -520 |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Ceramic |
| Technique: | Black Figure |
| Iconography: | Warrior Charioteer Quadriga Horses Boxer |
| Height: | 31.9 cm |
| Outside Diameter: | 17.7 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of Mrs. Randal Morgan, 1951 |
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.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Mini Greek Exhibit (09 Oct 1989 - 1994) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Ancient Greek World (08 May 1994) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Article] White, Donald J. 2011. "A View of the Horse from the Classical Perspective". Expedition: The Magazine of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 53. no. 3. pg. 24-33 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 30, fig. 11 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Electronic] 1997. The Perseus Project.. Tufts University. Actual Citation | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Brommer, Frank. 1960. Vasenlisten zur griechischen Heldensage.. Marburg/Lahn, N. G. Elwert. ed. 2nd. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 87, no. 37, 2 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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