Antimenes Painter Greek Hydria 530-500 B.C. Slip-glazed earthenware 20-1/8 inches high The John R. Van Derlip Fund 61.59

• Painted pottery decorated in the BLACK-FIGURE style, such as this vase, or hydria (HIGH-dree-a), was a specialty of the ancient Greeks.
   
• This vase was made on a potter's wheel, a revolving wheel powered by the potter's knee.
   
• The Greeks thought of their gods and goddesses as humans, as the paintings on this hydria show.
   
• Although the function of this vase was to hold water, its elaborate decoration and carefully planned proportions reflect the qualities the Greeks admired most—harmony, order, balance, and beauty.
   

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