Terracotta hydria (water jar), Classical, ca. 420–400 , Greek, South Italian, Lucanian, Terracotta; red-figure, H. 18 1/16


Terracotta hydria (water jar), Classical, ca. 420–400 , Greek, South Italian, Lucanian, Terracotta; red-figure, H. 18 1/16 in. ( cm), Vases, Two women presenting gifts to two youths The Amykos Painter was a prolific artist who invented a repertoire of stock figural types for his less ambitious works. The youths here are characterized as athletes by their nudity, the gifts of a fillet and wreath, and the strigil (scraper) held by the rightmost figure


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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
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