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Water jar (hydria)

about 490 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Red Figure
DimensionsHeight: 41.7 cm (16 7/16 in.); diameter: 27 cm (10 5/8 in.)
Credit LineBartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1912
Accession number13.200
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceSaid to be from Gela, Italy. By 1912, Edward Perry Warren (b. 1860 - d. 1928), Rome and London; 1913, sold by Edward Perry Warren to the MFA for $18,948 [see note]. (Accession Date: January 2, 1913)

NOTE: Total price paid for MFA accession nos. 13.186 - 13.245. According to information provided by Warren, this hydria is from Gela.
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