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Hydria (water jar) with the departure of Triptolemos

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Hydria (water jar) with the departure of Triptolemos

Artist:
Culture: Greek
Date: ca. 450 B.C.
Medium: Terracotta, red-figure technique
Dimensions:
height of rim: 12 11/16 in. (32.2 cm); diameter of rim: 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm); diameter with handles: 13 3/8 in. (33.9 cm); max. diameter: 11 3/16 in. (28.4 cm); diameter of foot: 4 13/16 in. (12.2 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Object number: 86.134.70
Provenance: sold by Galerie Günter Puhze, Freiburg, to Gilbert M. Denman, Jr. (1921-2004), San Antonio, 1982; Gilbert M. Denman, Jr., by gift to the San Antonio Museum of Art, 1986
Published References Galerie Gunter Puhze, "Kunst der Antike," cat. 4 (Freiburg 1982) 21, no. 212 H.A. Shapiro, C.A. Picón, G.D. Scott, III, eds., “Greek Vases in the San Antonio Museum of Art” (San Antonio, 1995) pp. 167-8, no. 84
Label Text
Triptolemos, a legendary priest at Eleusis, was sent to spread agricultural knowledge around the world by the goddess of agriculture, Demeter. Here Triptolemos prepares to depart on his mission in Demeter’s winged cart. The woman at right, who wears a diadem and holds four stalks of wheat, is probably Demeter; the other woman should be her daughter, Persephone. (Jessica Powers, 2008)
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