Terracotta hydria: kalpis (water jar) ca. 480-470 B.C. Attributed to the Syleus Painter Youth and boy; inscribed the boy is fairThe handles of this terracotta hydria, with a broad palmette where the handle joins the body, are influenced by their counterparts in bronze. On a terracotta work, the palmette is purely decorative. On a bronze hydria, the broad handle attachment, which may assume many forms, strengthens the points of contact to the body of the vase.. Terracotta hydria: kalpis (water jar). Greek, Attic. ca. 480-470 B.C.. Terracotta; red-figure. Classical. Vases
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