attributed to the White Sakkos Painter / Red-Figure Hydria / about 320 B.C.

attributed to the White Sakkos Painter
Red-Figure Hydria
about 320 B.C.
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Creator Name: White Sakkos Painter
Creator Qualifier: Attributed to
Creator Nationality: European; Southern European; Apulian
Creator Role: Artist
Creator Name-CRT: attributed to the White Sakkos Painter
Title: Red-Figure Hydria
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Creation Start Date: 0
Creation End Date: 0
Creation Date: about 320 B.C.
Object Type: Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Classification Term: pottery
Materials and Techniques: earthenware, colored slips
Dimensions: H.25-1/2 x W.17-1/2 x D.13-3/8 in.
Inscriptions: LABEL
AMICA Contributor: The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Owner Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
ID Number: 2000.71
Credit Line: Gift of Chloe Ackman Family and Friends in honor of Lauress Ackman
Rights: http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html
Context:

Apulia, a prosperous Greek colony on the Adriatic coast of Italy, was a major center of terracotta vase production. Apulian vases are distinctive for their large size; some are over a meter tall. Such large vases may have been created for inclusion in the spacious tombs that came into vogue among wealthy families in the 4th century B.C. The size of these vases allowed painters to indulge in complex figural compositions that appear to float on black backgrounds, which are divided into registers by bands of intricate floral patterns.

The scenes portrayed on this vase are common in works by the White Sakkos Painter. In the upper register, a woman is groomed by female attendants. Below, two women flank a stele, or grave monument. On the front center shoulder is a face of a woman wearing a white sakkos (bonnet), a signature feature found almost exclusively on vases by this painter.

AMICA ID: MIA_.2000.71
Component Measured: overall
Measurement Unit: in
AMICA Library Year: 2001
Media Metadata Rights: ?The Minneapolis Institute of Arts

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