M0016185EB: Hydria (water carrier) from Lucania, Southern Italy

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Hydria (water carrier) from Lucanian Southern Italy

Photograph of a hydria (water carrier), c.350 BC, black glazed with red carved design of a girl holding a casket, a youth with a basket, another girl and palmettes and volutes. The item was purchased 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, M0016185EC, M0016678

1957

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: accession number R323/1936.

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2021.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.