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Hydria

425–400 BCE

Greece

Medium
bronze
Measurements
Overall: 41.6 x 38.4 cm (16 3/8 x 15 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund 1986.23
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Location
102B Greek
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This bronze vessel was likely used as a funerary urn.

Description

This vessel gets its name from a shape of earthenware jar that was used to carry water. This bronze hydria was probably used not to carry water but as a cinerary urn (kalpis). The figure on the handle is the mythological siren, a human-headed bird.
A bronze hydria, a bulbous vessel, features a narrow neck topped with a beaded rim. Mottled dark brown interlaced with heavy green corrosion covers the surface. A vertical handle connects the neck to the shoulder, ending in a relief of a winged siren with a human face above scrolled patterns. Two horizontal handles curve from the shoulders, while a low, fluted circular base supports the heavy form.

Hydria

425–400 BCE

Greece

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