Caption

Miniature hydria, Miniature hydria with a disc-shaped foot with a profiled edge, an oval body with slightly rounded shoulders, a high neck, and cylindrical handles. The body is decorated with an 11-petal palmette. Reddish clay with black firnis with a matte sheen; black-figure and red-figure pottery characteristics. Antique vessel, hydria, miniature vessel, Southern Italy, Ancient Greece/antiquity, 2nd half of the 4th century BC. Height 11.8 cm, width 7.3 cm., A top-down view of a round ceramic vessel with a wide circular mouth and a dark interior, showing a mostly blackened upper surface with areas of brown and reddish-brown near the lower rim, and a few darker painted linear decorations on the brown area; the vessel has two small looped handles on opposite sides that are dark with patches of worn brown, and the background is a flat gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A06_092

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Rights managed

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59.6Mb (747.8Kb) / 15.2in x 15.2in / 4564 x 4564 (300dpi)

Keywords

Miniature hydria disc-shaped foot profiled edge oval body slightly rounded shoulders high neck cylindrical handles body decorated 11-petal palmette Reddish clay black firnis matte sheen black-figure red-figure pottery characteristics Antique vessel hydria miniature vessel Southern Italy Ancient Greece antiquity 2nd half 4th century BC Height 11.8 cm width 7.3 cm top-down view round ceramic vessel wide circular mouth dark interior showing mostly blackened upper surface areas brown reddish-brown near lower rim darker painted linear decorations brown area vessel two small looped handles opposite sides dark patches worn brown background flat gray.