Hydria | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1988.426
Title: Hydria
Classification: Vessels
Work Type: vessel
Date: c. 700-650 BCE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Crete
Period: Orientalizing period
Culture: Greek
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/288682

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Terracotta
Dimensions: 24.9 x 15.7 x 6.6 cm (9 13/16 x 6 3/16 x 2 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: [Münzen and Medaillen, A.G. Basle, Switzerland, (by 1965)]. Josep Lluis Sert, Boston. [Sotheby's, sale 5722 Antiquities, New York (by 1988)], sold; to the Harvard University Art Museums. .

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Ancient Art Acquisition Fund
Accession Year: 1988
Object Number: 1988.426
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Early Art in Greece: The Cycladic, Minoan, Mycenaean, and Geometric Periods, 3000-700 B.C., exh. cat., André Emmerich Gallery (New York, 1965), pp. 47-48, no. 138
Egyptian, Greek, Etruscan, Roman and Western Asiatic Antiquities and Islamic Works of Art, auct. cat., Sotheby's (New York, June 1988), no. 303, ill.

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