Advanced Search 
Water jar (hydria) with women, sphinxes and lions
Greek
Archaic Period
about 590–570 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Black Figure
Dimensions
26.1 cm (10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Thomas Gold Appleton
Accession Number76.34
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
CVA Boston 2, pl. 068; 069, 1; Fairbanks, Vases (MFA), no. 493.
DescriptionNeck: four women between sphinxes
Shoulder: lions and sphinxes
Shoulder: lions and sphinxes
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Alessandro Castellani Collection (Camille Rollin et Feuardent sale of the Castellani Collection, 1866, no. 16: said to have been found at Nola); by date unknown: Thomas G. Appleton Collection; gift of Thomas G. Appleton to MFA, 1876