Red-Figure Hydria, c. 320 BCE, Attributed to the White Sakkos Painter, Italian (Apulia, now Puglia), Italian (Apulia, now Puglia), 25 1/2 x 17 1/2 x 13 3/8 in. ( x x cm), Earthenware, colored slips, Italy, 4th-3rd century BCE, Apulia, a prosperous Greek colony on the Adriatic coast of Italy, was a major center of terracotta vase production. Apulian vases are distinctive for their large size; some are over a meter tall. Such large vases may have been created for inclusion in the spacious tombs that came into vogue among wealthy families in the 4th century

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