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