Hydria

L-64-16

From: Italy | Apulia

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number L-64-16
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Gnathian | South Italian
Provenience Italy | Apulia
Date Made 399-300 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Decoration around neck in ivy pattern with incised stems and white painted leaves and blossoms; 3 similar horizontal sprays on body.

Fully black glazed with decoration in incision and in applied color as follows: spray of ivy around neck; three vertical ivy sprays on front; of body, one at each side of front, one in center; band of yellow over black on rim, another at join of body and foot, and a third around outer profile of foot.

Intact. Good black glaze. Underside of foot unglazed.

Height 24.3 cm
Width 16.5 cm
Outside Diameter 14.4 cm
Other Number 82-94 - Philadelphia Museum of Art Number

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