Hadra Vase
Π4949
Clay
Preserved whole after base mended
Height: 43.4 cm.Base diameter: 13.2 cm.Rim diameter: 16.8 cm.
Phaistos
Agios Pavlos
Hellenistic period:
250-240 BC:
Gallery:
XXIICase:
225Exhibition thematic unit:
Classical - Hellenistic - Roman period (5th c. BC-4th c. AD). The CemeteriesCemeteries of Knossos and the Mesara
Description
Hadra vases are named after the large cemetery of the Ptolemaic period, southeast of Alexandria in Egypt, where they were first discovered in large numbers. Similar hydriae (water-jars) were later found in Cretan cemeteries, particular in the Mesara Plain, the site of one of their main production centres. Their discovery attests to the close contacts between the two regions during that period. Generally speaking, they are of standardised shape and decoration. They usually feature floral motifs in the black-figure style. On this vase, a “garland” of laurel leaves encircles the neck near the rim, with a small band of ivy leaves around the upper body. The decoration is completed by many plain bands and geometric filling motifs, delimiting the various parts of the vessel.Bibliography:
Karetsou A. - Andreaki-Vlazaki M., Crete-Egypt, Three thousand years of cultural links, Herakleion-Cairo, 2001, 405. Egglezou Μ., Ελληνιστική κεραμική Κρήτης. Κεντρική Κρήτη, Athens, 2005, 115, pls 72 and 117.Author:
S. P.Photographs' metadata