Red-figure hydria, Southern Italy, Apulia Italy. Hydria vessel with black glossy engobe and some white-painted elements. On a high, profiled foot with slightly sloping shoulders; narrow neck widening toward a wide, flat, outward-rolled rim decorated with vertical-line ornamentation. Three handles: two vertical below the shoulders and one horizontal from rim to shoulders; palmettes next to the handles. Frontal belly scene: a seated woman on a rock, wearing a long chiton, holding two flowers in her right hand and a kalathos and a wreath in her left; a plate lies behind her and a rolled-up cloth hangs in front. Dated 330–320 BC., An orange-brown ceramic vase with black painted patterns sits against a gray background; it has a flared rim, a narrow neck, a rounded body on a pedestal foot, and three handles with curved shapes. The surface shows stylized black fan-like and curving motifs radiating across the body, darker black areas near the base and neck, and small areas of wear where lighte...
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Red-figure hydria, Southern Italy, Apulia Italy. Hydria vessel with black glossy engobe and some white-painted elements. On a high, profiled foot with slightly sloping shoulders; narrow neck widening toward a wide, flat, outward-rolled rim decorated with vertical-line ornamentation. Three handles: two vertical below the shoulders and one horizontal from rim to shoulders; palmettes next to the handles. Frontal belly scene: a seated woman on a rock, wearing a long chiton, holding two flowers in her right hand and a kalathos and a wreath in her left; a plate lies behind her and a rolled-up cloth hangs in front. Dated 330–320 BC., An orange-brown ceramic vase with black painted patterns sits against a gray background; it has a flared rim, a narrow neck, a rounded body on a pedestal foot, and three handles with curved shapes. The surface shows stylized black fan-like and curving motifs radiating across the body, darker black areas near the base and neck, and small areas of wear where lighter clay shows through. The visible colors are orange-brown, black, dark brown, and gray.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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Red-figure hydria Southern Italy Apulia Italy Hydria vessel black glossy engobe white-painted elements high profiled foot slightly sloping shoulders narrow neck widening wide flat outward-rolled rim decorated vertical-line ornamentation Three handles two vertical horizontal rim palmettes next handles Frontal belly scene seated woman rock wearing long chiton holding two flowers right hand kalathos wreath left plate lies rolled-up cloth hangs front Dated 330–320 BC orange-brown ceramic vase black painted patterns sits gray background flared rim narrow neck rounded body pedestal foot three handles curved shapes surface stylized black fan- curving motifs radiating across body darker black areas near base neck small areas wear lighter clay visible colors orange-brown dark brown gray.

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