Hydria (Water Jar)

350-330 BCE

Greek; Campania, Italy

The ribbed body of this vase was formed in a mold, then attached to the separately made feet, handles, neck, and mouth and coated with black gloss before being fired. Certain parts were left in the natural color which, along with the egg-and-dart pattern on the lower edge of the rim, provides decorative contrast. The pattern and the necklace represented on the neck were made from tiny pieces of clay which were gilded.

Status: On View, Gallery 151
Department: Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean and Byzantium

Culture: Ancient Greek
Title: Hydria (Water Jar)
Place: Apulia (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 350 BCE–330 BCE
Medium: terracotta, black-glaze with gilded raised clay and ribbing
Dimensions: 50 × 35 × 28.5 cm (19 11/16 × 13 3/4 × 11 1/4 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Charles L. Hutchinson
Reference Number: 1929.698
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Daniel Catton Rich, “Two Vases Recently Added to the Classical Collection,” Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago 23, 9 (December, 1929), pp. 148-149.
Karen B. Alexander, “From Plaster to Stone: Ancient Art at the Art Institute of Chicago,” in Karen Manchester, Recasting the Past: Collecting and Presenting Antiquities at the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2012), pp. 18, 31.

Art Institute of Chicago, Ancient Art Galleries, Gallery 155, April 20, 1994-February 6, 2012.
Art Institute of Chicago, Of Gods and Glamour: The Mary and Michael Jaharis Galleries of Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Art, Gallery 151, November 11, 2012-present.

Charles L. Hutchinson (1854-1924) and Mrs. Charles L. Hutchinson (née Frances Kinsley) (1857–1936), Chicago, from 1889 to 1929; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1929.

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