Apulian Red-Figure Hydria - AM.0037

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Apulian red-figure hydria - AM.0037 Origin: Southern Italy (Apulia) Circa: 400 BC to 300 BC Dimensions: 12.1" (30.7cm) high Price on request

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Curatorial comment: Hydria is a type of water-carrying vessel, named after the ancient Greek word "hydor", meaning "water". Hydrias are provided with three handles. The two horizontal handles on either side of the body were used for carrying the vase, whereas the third handle, being vertical and collocated behind the neck and between the two other handles, mainly served when pouring water. In the centre of the scene, a short, quadrangular and decorated monument and on either side a winged crowned female figure, identified as Nike, the personification of victory, offering a crown to a naked youth, who leans on a cane in a relaxed pose with a himation (cloak) draped beneath his left arm. A meander motif encircles the band above the base and a laurel motif runs around the neck. The reverse of the vase is not decorated by a figurative scene, besides a continuation of the vertical line motif that encircles the rim.

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Condition Report: The artefact (Apulian red-figure hydria - AM.0037) is in extra fine state. Very minor scruffs and occasional patination, compatible with the archaeological history of the artefact. Some fragments on the neck and lip have been reattached.

58 Brook Street, W1K 5DT, London | +44 207 493 7778 | info@barakatgallery.eu 941 North La Cienega Blvd, Los Angeles | 58-4, Samcheong-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul

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58 Brook Street, W1K 5DT, London | +44 207 493 7778 | info@barakatgallery.eu 941 North La Cienega Blvd, Los Angeles | 58-4, Samcheong-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul

B A R A K AT G A L L E RY Mirror of all Ages and Cultures

58 Brook Street, W1K 5DT, London | +44 207 493 7778 | info@barakatgallery.eu 941 North La Cienega Blvd, Los Angeles | 58-4, Samcheong-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul