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Bronze Hydria. The neck and mouth with its tongue pattern cast [1] to shape, its prolongation a squat body originally of same thickness as the rim. Third quarter of the 7th century b.c.

Spencer Alley Ancient Greek bronze Hydria
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Two horizontal handles were used to carry the vessel and one vertical handle to pour. Bronze hydria (water jar) early 4th century b.c. The ovoid body with broad shoulders and a concave neck, the separately cast flaring base with a band of tongues, the two fluted horizontal handles upturned, each with a circular plate with radiating tongues centered by twisted ribbon, the fluted vertical handle with a similar inverted palmette handle.

Spencer Alley Ancient Greek bronze Hydria

The subjects included scenes of abduction, eros, or, as here, dionysos, the god of wine, and his wife, ariadne. The hydria is distinctive in having three handles: The hydria has two inscriptions on the lip, indicating that it was a prize in a contest. A bronze prize hydria from sinop museum.