Terracotta hydria: kalpis (water jar)
Two women
This domestic scene depicts a woman holding a rather large chest or casket that her counterpart—perhaps her mistress—seems to be opening. On the ground between them stands a kalathos (wool basket).
This domestic scene depicts a woman holding a rather large chest or casket that her counterpart—perhaps her mistress—seems to be opening. On the ground between them stands a kalathos (wool basket).
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta hydria: kalpis (water jar)
- Artist: Attributed to the Shuvalov Painter
- Period: Classical
- Date: ca. 420 BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
- Dimensions: H. 6 13/16 in. (17.3 cm); diameter 4 13/16 in. (12.2 cm); width with handles 6 in. (15.3 cm)
- Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1941
- Object Number: 41.162.89
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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