Bronze hydria (water jar), Classical, mid-4th century B.C., Greek, Bronze, Overall: 19 1/16 in. (48.4 cm), Bronzes, On the handle plaque, Dionysos and Ariadne. In the fourth century B.C., bronze hydriae were embellished with a separately attached relief under the vertical handle. The subjects included scenes of abduction, Eros, or, as here, Dionysos, the god of wine, and his wife, Ariadne
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Bronze hydria, water jar, Classical, mid-4th century B.C, Greek, Bronze, Overall, 19 1/16, 48.4 cm, Bronzes, handle plaque, Dionysos, Ariadne, fourth, bronze hydriae, embellished, separately attached, relief, under, vertical handle, subjects included, scenes, abduction, Eros, god, wine, wife
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