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Hydria (Water Jar)

Attributed to a painter of the Leagros group Greek; Athens. about 515-500 BCE. terracotta, black-figure. Explore the catalogue record, image rights and documented connections from The Art Institute of Chicago.

Hydria (Water Jar)Attributed to a painter of the Leagros group Greek; Athens · about 515-500 BCEThe Art Institute of Chicago · CC0
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A terracotta jar, wider at the top with a narrow neck and small handles, decorated in black, featuring human figures against red. One wrestles at center with a merman, creating a mass of tangled limbs, the creature's tail dominating the left portion of the scene.

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Hydria (Water Jar)

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Maker
Attributed to a painter of the Leagros group Greek; Athens
Date
about 515-500 BCE
Medium
terracotta, black-figure
Collection
The Art Institute of Chicago
Accession
1889.15
Credit
Gift of Philip D. Armour and Charles L. Hutchinson
Rights
Public domain · CC0

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VesselObject type

A three-dimensional container.

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Vessel

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TerracottaMaterial

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The Art Institute of Chicago supplies “terracotta, black-figure; terracotta; ceramic; inorganic material” in its medium/materials field. This label was normalized by the documented import rule.

terracotta, black-figure; terracotta; ceramic; inorganic material

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Source normalization checked 2026-10-21 · 2026-10-20.1

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