Hydria
Unknown Artist
425–400 BCE
Medium
bronze
Dimensions
41.6 × 38.4 cm
Classification
Metalwork
Department
Greek and Roman Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
John L. Severance Fund
Accession Number
1986.23
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
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.