Women at a Fountain House
Artist “Priam Painter”
Date ca. 520-510 BCE
Medium Black-figured hydria
Housed at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Though many vases of this era were created for a male’s use (like wine kraters and amphoras) some were intended for women, like the one seen here. Women fill hydrias from animal-shaped spouts at a fountain house, their outstretched limbs and animated forms suggesting that they are enjoying a brief moment in which they can socialize together outside the confines of home.