M0016678: Hydria (water carrier) showing a girl holding a casket, a youth with a basket and another girl

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Photograph of a terracotta hydria decorated in red figure technique from southern Italy, c.350 B.C. It was purchased at auction by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1932 and accessioned in 1936 (accession number R323/1936). It is not held by Wellcome Collection. Related images: M0016185EA, M0016185EB, M0016185EC

M0016678: Hydria (water carrier) showing a girl holding a casket, a youth with a basket and another girl

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