Terracotta hydria (water jar)

A black-glazed terracotta water jar with red-figure scenes in two bands. Across the shoulder, a chariot drawn by a team of four horses carries a driver and a passenger, while robed standing figures with staffs and a leafy branch fill the lower frieze.

Look closer: A leafy branch rises between the standing figures near the bottom center of the vessel.

Artist

Group of B.M. F 308

Date

ca. 340–330 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

3136 × 3872 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Miss Matilda W. Bruce, 1907