COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
CMA_.1986.23
AMICA Library Year:
2003
Object Type:
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Creator Nationality:
Greece, late 5th Century BC
Creator Name-CRT:
Greece, late 5th Century BC
Title:
Hydria
Title Type:
Primary
View:
Full View
Creation Date:
425 BC-400 BC
Creation Start Date:
-425
Creation End Date:
-400
Materials and Techniques:
bronze
Classification Term:
Metalwork
Style or Period:
Greece, late 5th Century BC
Dimensions:
Overall: 41.6cm x 38.4cm
AMICA Contributor:
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number:
1986.23
Credit Line:
John L. Severance Fund
Context:
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.
Related Image Identifier Link:
CMA_.1986.23.tif
