Hydria with a Quadriga

second half 6th century BCE (Archaic)

25.5 cm 28.5 cm 18.5 cm

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A hydria is a water jug with three handles, two horizontal ones to carry the vessel and a third vertical handle to easily pour out the contents. The main scene depicts a four-horse chariot, or quadriga, and its charioteer from a frontal view. Below the chariot is the word "kal...

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Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome, no. 221; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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