Terracotta Kalpis Attributed to the Syleus Painter in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, April 2017

Terracotta hydria: kalpis (water jar)

Attributed to the Syleus Painter

Period:Classical

Date:ca. 480–470 B.C.

Culture:Greek, Attic

Medium:Terracotta; red-figure

Dimensions:H. 14 3/16 in. (36 cm)
diameter with handles 14 5/8 in. (37.2 cm)

Classification:Vases

Credit Line:Rogers Fund, 1911

Accession Number:11.212.7

The 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.

Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/248588