Hasselmann painter, Oinochoe form I (Girl at the well house), clay, quickly turned, painted (pottery), alternately fired, clay, Total: Height: 29.8 cm; Diameter: 12.7 cm, pottery, young woman, girls, well, water (elements), society/civilization/culture, High Classical (Greek antiquity), The shape of the jug is typical for the 3rd quarter of the 5th century B.C. in Attica: Foot with bulge and hollow, by a narrow band clearly separated from the ovoid vessel belly. Above the almost horizontal shoulder the neck widens to the cloverleaf mouth. The handle runs in a raised arch from the upper body to the mouth edge. A fountain scene is depicted: a gargoyle in the shape of a lion's head is attached to a column. Below it, on the ground, is a hydria into which the water flows from the open lion's mouth (the white covering color is only faintly recognizable). Facing the fountain stands a girl in a long, belted robe. She has placed her left foot on a rock that has been hinted at, her left hand is resting on her knee; the open right hand, stretched forward, points to the well. Above and below the scene is delimited by an egg stick. These scenes are often found on hydrias or calpids, i.e, the vessels used for fetching water. The scenes at the fountain house are an example of the complexity of the supposed everyday scenes in Attic vase art: Occasionally, the emergence of the images around 530-520 BC was associated with the improvement of the Athenian infrastructure by the tyrant Peisistratos, who improved the supply of water to the city and gave the springs an architectural setting in the form of fountain houses. Certain motifs on some vases, including the depiction of children, men and deities or the holding of flowers and wreaths and the laying of flesh - i.e. the offering of sacrifices - gave rise to other interpretations. One consideration is based on the tradition of Herodotus that in the mythical past the Athenians sent their boys and girls to the well because they had no se

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