Miniature hydria

A

A
EN
- GR
- DE
- IT
- FR
- ES
VISIT
TICKETS

Provision of image

Inventory number

ΝΑ 1957 Αα 102

Artist

The Polos Painter

Category

Vessel

Period

Archaic Period

Date

575-565 BC

Dimensions

Height: 0.07 m

Material

Clay

Location

Gallery of the Acropolis Slopes, Case 6, No 99

Description
Bibliography

Miniature hydria decorated in the black-figure technique. It was found incomplete in 1957 at the Sanctuary of the Nymphe in fragments, was pieced together and restored.

The neck is decorated with a row of rosettes while the body features, between rosettes, Sphinxes wearing on their heads polos rendered with incised lines. Lower the vessel is adorned with rays, while the foot, as well as the rim, is highlighted with black paint and the handles with short lines.

Μπρούσκαρη, Μ., Μουσείον Ακροπόλεως. Περιγραφικός κατάλογος, Αθήνα, 1974, σελ. 96