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Water jar (hydria) with charioteer and warrior
Greek
Archaic Period
about 540–530 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Black Figure
Dimensions
Height: 35.5 cm (14 in.)
Credit Line
John H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund
Accession Number68.105
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
CVA Boston 2, pl. 073.
DescriptionMain scene on body: A warrior with a shield and two spears stands behind his charioteer in four-horse chariot (quadriga). The charioteer wears a long, white tunic and fawnskin (nebris) and holds the reins and a long goad. Painted inscription in the field above the reins: "Kale Kaloura" (Kaloura is pretty).
Scene on shoulder: A nude young man, facing right, stands between two young men wearing long robes and two young men in short tunics on horseback.
Graffito on underside of base: [pi] [epsilon]
Scene on shoulder: A nude young man, facing right, stands between two young men wearing long robes and two young men in short tunics on horseback.
Graffito on underside of base: [pi] [epsilon]
ProvenanceBy 1968: with Robert E. Hecht, Jr.; purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., April 10, 1968