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Handle of a hydria (water jar)

Greek
Archaic Period
about 450 B.C.

Medium/Technique Bronze
Dimensions Height: 21 cm (8 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number99.467
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

Catalogue Raisonné Greek, Etruscan, & Roman Bronzes (MFA), no. 419; Sculpture in Stone and Bronze (MFA), p. 124 (additional published references).
DescriptionThe base takes the form of a Siren with spread wings, feet together on a palmette from which volutes rise to left and right. The handle is fluted, and there is an ovolo pattern at the join to the vase itself. Green crusty patina.
ProvenanceBy 1899: with E. P. Warren (according to Warren's records: Bought in Athens - said to be from Elis and "that is the look of an Elis thing."); purchased by MFA from E. P. Warren, 1899, for $ 32,500.00 (this is the total price for MFA 99.338-99.542)