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Hydria
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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): The Ransom of Hector
RF
the Pioneer Group
·
510-500 BCE
Terracotta hydria: kalpis (water jar)
BF
the Eucharides Painter
·
ca. 510 BCE
Terracotta hydria: kalpis (water jar)
ca. 510 BCE
Terracotta hydria: kalpis (water jar)
ca. 510 BCE
Terracotta hydria (water jar)
BF
the Leagros Group
·
ca. 510 BCE
Attic Black-Figure Hydria
BF
Leagros Group
·
about 510 B.C.
HYDRIA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
CompareLENINGRAD P
·
-500 TO -450
Attic Red-Figure Hydria Fragment
RF
500–450 B.C.
Hydria [Komm.: Vgl. Berlin F 2326.] (Attische Hydria)
500-475 v. Chr.
HYDRIA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
EUCHARIDES P
·
-500 TO -450
HYDRIA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-500 TO -450
Kalpis (Attische, rotfigurige Hydria - Drei Frauen halten den getöteten Pentheus)
RF
500-475 v. Chr.
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
KLEOPHRADES P
·
-500 TO -450
Hydria (Attische Hydria)
Triptolemos-Maler
·
500-476 v. Chr.
Attic Red-Figure Hydria Fragment
RF
500–450 B.C.
Terracotta hydria: kalpis (water jar)
RF
Recalls the Dikaios Painter
·
ca. 500 BCE
Terracotta hydria: kalpis (water jar)
RF
The Berlin Painter
·
ca. 500 BCE
Attische Hydria (Kalpis)
RF
500-467 v. Chr.
Hydria, miniature
RF
5th century BCE
Hydria
BF
ca. 490 BCE
Terracotta hydria (water jar)
RF
the Troilos Painter
·
ca. 490 BCE
Terracotta hydria: kalpis (water jar)
RF
The Berlin Painter
·
ca. 490 BCE
Attic Red-Figure Hydria
RF
PEZZINO GROUP
·
about 490 B.C.
Water jar (hydria) depicting Io and Argos
RF
the Agrigento Painter
·
about 460 B.C.
Terracotta hydria: kalpis (water jar)
RF
Attributed to the Syleus Painter
·
ca. 480–470 BCE
Attic Red-Figure Hydria Fragment (comprised of 2 Joined Fragments)
RF
Eucharides Painter
·
480–470 B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Hydria Fragment
RF
Berlin Painter
·
about 480 B.C.
Hydria (Water Jar)
RF
the Orchard Painter
·
480-470 BCE
Attic Red-Figure Hydria Fragment
RF
Eucharides Painter
·
480–470 B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Hydria Fragment
RF
Berlin Painter
·
about 480 B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Hydria Fragment
RF
Berlin Painter
·
about 480 B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Hydria Fragment
RF
Berlin Painter
·
about 480 B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Hydria Fragment
RF
Berlin Painter
·
about 480 B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Hydria Fragment
RF
Berlin Painter
·
about 480 B.C.
Hydria
the Later Mannerists
·
mid-5th century BCE
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-475 TO -425
Kalpis-Hydria (water jar): Youth Flanked by Two Women
RF
the Villa Giulia Painter
·
c. 475 BCE-425 BCE
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
BARCLAY P
·
-475 TO -425
Hydria (Water Jar)
BF
the Leningrad Painter
·
470-460 BCE
Hydria (water jar): Mourning Women
RF
The Painter of the Berlin Hydria
·
c. 460-450 BCE
Hydria-Kalpis (water jar): Women and Herons
RF
the Painter of the Yale Oinochoe
·
465-455 BCE
Terracotta hydria: kalpis (water jar)
RF
the Villa Giulia Painter
·
ca. 460–450 BCE
Terracotta hydria: kalpis (water jar)
RF
the Nausicaä Painter
·
ca. 460–450 BCE
Hydria, aus Fragmenten mittels Nieten auf einer Unterlage zusammengesetzt. Auf dem Mündungsrand die eingeschlagene griechische Inschrift: ΑΘΛΟΝ ΕΓ ΛΑΜΨΑΚΟ ΕΠΙ ΛΕΩΦΑΝΤΟ ΤΟ ΛΑΜΠΡΟ
460-440 v. Chr.
Hydria (Attische Hydria)
RF
460-440 v. Chr.
Terracotta hydria: kalpis (water jar)
the Villa Giulia Painter
·
ca. 460–450 BCE
Hydria (Hydria, Hof, Attische Hydria)
RF
460-440 v. Chr.
Hydria
about 460 B.C.
Terracotta hydria: kalpis (water jar)
RF
the Niobid Painter
·
ca. 460–450 BCE
Kalpis with Youth with Spears
RF
3638
·
ca. 440 BCE (Classical)
Kalpis with Toilette Scene with Two Women and Eros
RF
6721
·
ca. 440 BCE (Classical)
Terracotta hydria: kalpis (water jar)
RF
the manner of the Shuvalov Painter
·
ca. 430 BCE
Hydria
the Owl-Pillar Group
·
late 5th century BCE
Hydria (Water Jar)
RF
the Chicago Painter
·
about 450 BCE
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
KLEOPHON P
·
-450 TO -400
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
Aison
·
-450 TO -400
Terracotta hydria: kalpis (water jar)
RF
the Achilles Painter
·
ca. 450–440 BCE
Hydria (water jar): Family Scene
RF
440-430 BCE
Terracotta hydria: kalpis (water jar)
RF
Attributed to the Washing Painter
·
ca. 430–420 BCE
Fragment from Red-Figure Oinochoe (Wine Jug) or Hydria (Water Jar): Woman Holding Box
RF
Shuvalov Painter
·
c. 425–420 BCE
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