Hydria
51-32-1
Location: On Display in the Greece Gallery
From: Greece | Attica
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 51-32-1 |
| Current Location | Greece Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Attic |
| Provenience | Greece | Attica |
| Manufacture Location | Attica |
| Period | Archaic Greek Period |
| Date Made | 530-520 BCE |
| 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. |
| Height | 31.9 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 17.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Randal Morgan, 1951 |
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