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Description: | Lucanian red-figure hydria (water jar) attributed to the Roccanova painter, with overlapping rim, neck continuous with sloping shoulder, large globular body and stemmed foot. It has two horizontal handles on either side and a vertical handle on another side. The foot is reserved, rim is reserved and decorated with verticla black lines. The main scene depicts a nude male holding a situla (bucket-shaped vessel) in one hand flanked by two women draped in sleeveless chiton and wearing neklace, with their hair drawn up into buns. One holds a box out to the male youth. The other holds a kalathos (wicker basket). Another bigger kalathos is between the woman on the left and the youth, drop-leaves separete him from the other female on the right. Complex of large palmettes, drops and scrolls under the vertical handle. Scrols and drops under each lateral handles.There is a laurel leaf motif repeated around the neck on one side. | Subjects: | Europe Italy Southern Europe | Source: | Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.foreignarchaeology.87014 | Go to resource |
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