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Water jar (hydria) depicting four women bearing water jars
Near: the Lysippides Painter
Greek
Archaic Period
about 530–520 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Black Figure
Dimensions
Height: 35.2 cm (13 7/8 in.); diameter: 25.9 cm (10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number01.8125
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
CVA Boston 2, pl. 074.
DescriptionMain scene on body: Four gesturing women, walking to the right, bear water jars (two hydriai and two kalpides) on their heads.
Scene on shoulder: a helmeted warrior, on one knee, holding shield and spear, is attacked by two horsemen with spears.
Scene on shoulder: a helmeted warrior, on one knee, holding shield and spear, is attacked by two horsemen with spears.
ProvenanceBy 1901: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: Bought in Rome.); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, December 1901