Hydria, 425 BC-400 BC. Creator: Unknown.

Hydria, 425 BC-400 BC. Creator: Unknown.

2-731-963 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Hydria, 425 BC-400 BC. 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.


Image Details


Medium
  1. Bronze

Picture Type
  1. Metalwork

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3006x3276
File Size : 28,851kb


Aliases

  1. 1986.23
  1. 153270
  1. 0940021374
  1. 1986.23
  1. 2-731-963
  1. 2731963


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