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Hydria (water jar) with Achilles pursuing Troilus
Greek
Archaic Period
about 540 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Black Figure
Dimensions
(H): 44.5cm (17 1/2in.), 48 cm with handle
(D): 32cm (12 5/8in.), 39 cm with handles
Weight: 12.5 lb. (5.67 kg)
(D): 32cm (12 5/8in.), 39 cm with handles
Weight: 12.5 lb. (5.67 kg)
Credit Line
Everett Fund
Accession Number89.561
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
CVA Boston 2, pl. 071.
DescriptionOn shoulder, Troilus pursued by Achilles; at left a fountain at which a woman fills a hydria; at right Polyxena and a Trojan youth.
On body (?)Herakles driving a quadriga to right; a youth (perhaps Hermes) at the right, looking back.
Painted over. Has been broken and put together again (1963).
On body (?)Herakles driving a quadriga to right; a youth (perhaps Hermes) at the right, looking back.
Painted over. Has been broken and put together again (1963).
ProvenanceBy 1888: with Cesare Cappelli (said to come from Ruvo); purchased by R. Lanciani from Cesare Cappelli; purchased by MFA from R. Lanciani, 1889, for $235.51 (the total price for MFA 89.561 and 89.562)