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Parallels to handles on intact bronze hydriai strongly suggest that this object was once itself attached to a hydria. The specific leaf pattern moreover, also recalls the handle design from a bronze hydria found in England, which may be dated by coin evidence to the 2nd century B.C.
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Title: Bronze handle from a hydria (water jar)
Period: Hellenistic
Date: 2nd half of 2nd century BCE
Culture: Greek
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: w. 9 7/8 in. (25.1cm)
Classification: Bronzes
Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
Object Number: 74.51.5463
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