Terracotta hydria (water jar)

Attributed to the Workshop of the Iliupersis Painter
ca. 375–350 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 162
Woman at a tomb

Although funerary scenes abound in South Italian vase-painting, few depict activities at a grave site. In a rare exception, this vase shows a woman tying a fillet around the pillar-shaped monument while the two others pour a libation and prepare to place a wreath. The type of grave marker and the dedications are comparable to those associated with Athenian lekythoi (oil jars) and stelai, except for the prominent pomegranates here.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Terracotta hydria (water jar)
  • Artist: Attributed to the Workshop of the Iliupersis Painter
  • Period: Late Classical
  • Date: ca. 375–350 BCE
  • Culture: Greek, South Italian, Apulian
  • Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
  • Dimensions: H. 16 1/16 in. (40.8 cm)
  • Classification: Vases
  • Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1956
  • Object Number: 56.171.65
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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