A Large Campanian red-figure hydria by the Ixion Painter, ca. 330 - 310 BCE Medium - Stone with scattered areas of surface

with scattered areas of surface encrustation

Group Exhibitions

Polly’s backgrounds of ochre tones and squiggly lines of the kurruwarri (the iconography of her dreaming) are in keeping with the traditional Warlpiri style of painting

Condition: Age cracks professionally conserved with fill and minor cosmetic overpainting

A Large Campanian red-figure hydria by the Ixion Painter, ca. 330 - 310 BCE Medium - Stone with scattered areas of surfaceThis beautifully decorated water vessel (Hydria) portrays fierce Greek colonists and Samnite warriors clashing in the height of battle. The Greeks, wearing greaves, shields and flying cloaks, fight Samnite warriors identified by their distinctive white tunics and iconic broad belts. All warriors wear helmets and carry weapons including swords, spears, axes, and clubs. Water vessels such as this example were used at Greek symposiums to water down wine