Terracotta hydria (water jar)

Greek, Attic

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 162

This extraordinarily beautiful vase is decorated at the neck with a wreath of vine tendrils and gilded leaves. There is gilding as well on the lip and on the delicate ornament at the handles. During the fourth century B.C., the taste for vases with anthropomorphic embellishment such as a necklace extended from Southern Italy to the Black Sea area.

Terracotta hydria (water jar), Terracotta, Greek, Attic

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Terracotta hydria (water jar), Terracotta, Greek, Attic
Terracotta hydria (water jar), Terracotta, Greek, Attic

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