Hydria

Hydria in the Geometric period were lean and long-necked, since the 6th century BC, the hydria was of bulbous, short-necked shape. It has three handles, two smaller horizontal handle for lifting and a rear-mounted vertical handle for scooping and pouring. The hydria was worn on the head or on the shoulder. From the shape of the 6th century BC, a bulbous hydria with flowing contours that Kalpis called developed around the year 500 BC.