A BRONZE HYDRIA, GREECE, 5TH CENTURY BC

Reference: ART600849

A well preserved Hydria missing its handles. There would have been two lateral handles soldered to the body at opposite sides to each other. The trace of two large circles can be seen where they were positioned. Between them the upright handle was attached and a heart shaped ghosting of the outline can be seen. A drilled hole at the rim might suggest a chain attached to a stopper.
Height: 45 cm.
Bronze. Greek 5th.c. BC.

PROVENANCE
Private collection, Germany.
ex Auction Hermann Historica.