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Hydria
ὑδρία
2688 vases
The three-handled water jar: two horizontal handles for lifting when full, one vertical for pouring. Women at the fountain house — one of the most common scenes in Greek art — carry hydriai.
Function & Use
Carrying and pouring water
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2688 examples
Hydria (water jar): Warrior's Farewell
BF
c. 550-540 BCE
Hydria (water jar): Perseus pursued by Gorgons
BF
The Painter of London B76
·
c. 550 BCE
Black-Figure Hydria
BF
Lydos
·
about 550 B.C.
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 TO -500
Side Handle of a Hydria
550–525 B.C.
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ANTIMENES P
·
-550 TO -500
Attic Black-Figure Hydria Fragment
BF
about 550–500 B.C.
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
NIKOXENOS P
·
-550 TO -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
SWAN GROUP
·
-550 TO -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
Akin toANTIMENES P
·
-550 TO -500
Hydria (water jar): Theseus and the Minotaur
BF
550-530 BCE
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
Manner ofANTIMENES P
·
-550 TO -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
A D P
·
-550 TO -500
Water jar (hydria) depicting the struggle between Herakles and Triton
BF
Related to: the Lysippides Painter
·
About 530–520 B.C.
Vertical Handle from a Hydria
third quarter 6th century BCE
Hydria fragment
BF
Attributed to the Princeton Painter
·
ca. 540 BCE
Hydria Depicting a Wedding Procession
BF
2127
·
ca. 520 BCE (Archaic)
Terracotta fragment of a hydria (water jar)?
late 6th/early 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a hydria (water jar)
first quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a hydria (water jar) or terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
late 6th/early 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a hydria (water jar)
late 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a hydria (water jar)
first quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a hydria (water jar)
late 6th/early 5th century BCE
Fragmentary Attic Black-Figure Hydria
BF
about 530 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Hydria Fragment
BF
about 530 B.C.
Terracotta fragment of a hydria (water jar)
480–470 BCE
Terracotta hydria (water jar)
BF
Attributed to an artist related to the Antimenes Painter
·
ca. 530–520 BCE
Attic Black-Figure Hydria Fragment
BF
about 530 B.C.
Terracotta hydria (water jar)
BF
Attributed to the Mastos Painter
·
ca. 530 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a hydria (water jar)
mid-5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a hydria (water jar)
the Copenhagen Painter
·
490–480 BCE
Attic Black-Figure Hydria Fragment
BF
about 530 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Hydria Fragment
BF
about 530 B.C.
Hydria (water jar): Priam Driving Forth
BF
The Bucci Painter
·
c. 525-500 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a hydria: kalpis (water jar)
The Berlin Painter
·
490–480 BCE
Attic Black-Figure Hydria Fragment
BF
about 530 B.C.
Black-Figure Hydria (Water Vessel): Frontal Quadriga (Body); Theseus and Minotaur (Shoulder)
BF
Antimenes Painter
·
c. 520 BCE
HYDRIA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
KLEOPHRADES P
·
-525 TO -475
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
KLEOPHRADES P
·
-525 TO -475
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ACHELOOS P
·
-525 TO -475
Hydria (Attische Hydria)
RF
525-500 v. Chr.
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
DOLPHIN GROUP
·
-525 TO -475
Attische Hydria
Simos-Gruppe
·
525-500 v. Chr.
Attische, schwarzfigurige Hydria
BF
525-500 v. Chr.
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
THESEUS P
·
-525 TO -475
Kalpis (Attische Hydria (Kalpis))
RF
520-500 v. Chr.
Hydria (Archaische Hydria mit nackter männlicher Gestalt als Henkelfigur)
520-480 v. Chr.
Attisch-schwarzfigurige Hydria
BF
520-500 v. Chr.
Terracotta hydria (water jar)
BF
the Eagle Painter
·
ca. 520–510 BCE
Caeretan Hydria
Eagle Painter
·
520–510 B.C.
Chalcidian Black-Figure Hydria
BF
Painter of the Orvieto Hydria
·
about 520–510 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Hydria
BF
Lykomedes Painter
·
520–510 B.C.
Hydria
Micali Painter
·
520 B.C.
Hydria (Attische Hydria)
Maler von Berlin 1899
·
520-480 v. Chr.
Attic Red-Figure Hydria Fragment (Black-Figure Shape)
BF
PIONEER GROUP
·
about 520 B.C.
Terracotta hydria (water jar)
BF
DIOSPHOS P by AHLBERG-CORNELL
·
ca. 520–510 BCE
Hydria (water jar): Herakles as Musician
BF
c. 510 BCE
Hydria (Water Jar)
BF
a painter of the Leagros group
·
about 515-500 BCE
Hydria with Theseus (?) and an Amazon
RF
5554
·
ca. 500-490 BCE (Early Classical)
Hydria (water jar): The Ransom of Hector
RF
the Pioneer Group
·
510-500 BCE
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