Kalpis (water vessel)

Place of OriginGreece

Dateabout 480 BCE

DimensionsH: 13 13/16 in. (35 cm); Diam (mouth): 5 5/16 in. (13.5 cm); Diam (with handles): 13 5/32 in. (33.4 cm); Diam (body): 11 1/32 in. (28 cm); Diam (foot): 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm)

MediumBronze

ClassificationMetalwork

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1975.63

Not on View

Published References"Treasures for Toledo," Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, vol. 19, nos. 2, 3, 1976, p. 49.

Exhibition HistoryTreasures for Toledo: Seven Years of Collecting, The Toledo Museum of Art, 1976.Comparative ReferencesSee also Diehl, Erika, Die Hydria, Formgeschichte und Verwendung im Kult des Altertums, Mainz, Philipp von Zabern, 1964.