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Keywords: Greek - Hadra Vase - Walters 481916.jpg Hadra vases are named for a cemetery in Hellenistic Alexandria where such vessels held the ashes of the dead Though shaped like an Athenian hydria or water jug its sparse decoration suggests inspiration from Macedonia where metal hydriae draped with gold wreaths were deposited in royal tombs The Ptolemaic rulers of Egypt after Alexander the Great's conquest were themselves Macedonians and may have inspired this custom ca 230 BC Hellenistic terracotta H 14 7/16 x W 14 15/16 x Diam 9 7/8 in 36 7 x 38 x 25 1 cm accession number 48 1916 22598 David Rosen date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Gift of David Rosen 1945 In Search of Ancient Treasure 40 Years of Collecting The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1978 From Alexander to Cleopatra Greek Art of the Hellenistic Age The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1988-1989 place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Greek pottery in the Walters Art Museum Hâdra hydriai 230s BC art in the United States
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