Jar Item Number: M1.73 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Apulian hydria. Red fine-grained body, dark brown wash; light brown, dark brown, brown/black, yellow, and white paint. Pedestal base. Flat foot; ovoid body with sloping shoulder and two horizontal handles; chimney neck with large everted rim, one vertical handle, neck to rim. Decoration: tongue pattern, lip and handles; palmette and laurel wreath with white berries. Main scene depicts bringing offerings to the tomb; draped female figures, holding a tambourine and a situla (basket), respectively, are shown on either side of a broad funerary stelae. Cracks cover body of jar as it has been reconstructed from fragments.
History Of Use
For storing liquids.
Item History
- Made by Patera Painter (Maker) in Apulia, Italy between 341 BCE and 321 BCE
- Collected during 1914
- Owned by Anonymous before 1957
- Received from Anonymous (Donor) during 1957
What
Who
- Culture
- Greek
- Creator
- Patera Painter (Maker)
- Previous Owner
- Anonymous
- Received from
- Anonymous (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Apulia, Italy
When
- Creation Date
- between 341 BCE and 321 BCE
- Collection Date
- during 1914
- Ownership Date
- before 1957
- Acquisition Date
- during 1957
Other
- Item Classes
- ceramics
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 2292/0001