File:Clevelandart 1986.23.jpg
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Summary
Hydria
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| Title |
Hydria |
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| 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. |
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| Date | -425 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | Bronze | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Overall: 41.6 x 38.4 cm (16 3/8 x 15 1/8 in.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current location |
Greek and Roman Art |
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| Accession number |
1986.23 |
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| Place of creation | Greece, late 5th Century BC | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | John L. Severance Fund | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | https://clevelandart.org/art/1986.23 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Licensing
 
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This file is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. |
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This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project with the Cleveland Museum of Art. See the Open Access at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
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| current | 19:36, 21 January 2019 | | 3,006 × 3,276 (4.41 MB) | Madreiling | pattypan 18.02 |
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