Spartan bronze hydria (water jar)

Classification

hydria

Culture

Greek (culture)

Dimensions

height: 41.5 cm

Date

late 7th century B.C.

Period

Archaic Period (700–480)

Material

bronze

Iconography

lion's head ; human head ; snake ; rosette ; zig-zag lines

Production place

Sparta ; Samos

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities

Inventory

2004.137.A

ID

Hyp-749

References

Stibbe, HWA 2004 Winter

Trails

Greek art in motion from the Geometric to the Classical period

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