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Water jar (hydria) with myth of Danae and Perseus

about 450–440 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Red Figure
Dimensions40.6 cm (16 in.)
Credit LineBartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1900
Accession number03.792
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceBy 1903: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: Bought in Rome; said from Cumae.); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, March 24, 1903
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