Hydria (water vessel) decorated with a gold wreath
Hydria (water vessel) decorated with a gold wreath
Hydria (water vessel) decorated with a gold wreath
Hydria (water vessel) decorated with a gold wreath

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Hydria (water vessel) decorated with a gold wreath,

ca. 375–325 BCE

South Italian, Campanian
Classical Period, ca. 480–323 BCE
y1929-193

Information

Title
Hydria (water vessel) decorated with a gold wreath
Dates

ca. 375–325 BCE

Medium
Black-glazed ceramic
Dimensions
40.0 x 24.8 cm, diam. 22.0 cm (15 3/4 x 9 3/4 x 8 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Trumbull-Prime Collection
Object Number
y1929-193
Place Made

Europe, Italy, Campania (southern Italy)

Culture
Campanian
Period
Classical
Type
ceramics, hydriae
Materials
glaze, ceramic, paint
Subject
dots, scrolling foliage, ovolos

Mary Hollister Prime (née Trumbull) (1827-1872) and William Cowper Prime, Class of 1843 (1825-1905); 1890 gift to Princeton University Art Museum.

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