Bronze Hydria with Lid in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 2011

Bronze hydria (water jar) with lid

Period: Hellenistic

Date: 3rd century B.C.

Culture: Greek

Medium: Bronze

Dimensions: H. 19 1/2 in. (49.5 cm)

Classification: Bronzes

Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1966

Accession Number: 66.11.12a, b

Description:

The Museum has the largest collection of Greek bronze hydriai in the world outside of Athens. This example illustrates the development of the shape in the third century B.C. when there was a tendency towards slimmer, more elongated proportions. Like the Hadra hydriai displayed nearby, this vase was probably used as a container for cremated remains.

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