HYDRIA

Savona, Liguria, Italy

End of the 17th – beginning of the 18th century

Earthenware

Savona mark on the foot

H.: 20.5; W.: 25 cm

(cooking flow)

Hydria of the antique model, with double lion head sockets and blue monochrome decoration on a white background of a scene depicting putti in an animated landscape and a Latin inscription "Elec: dAssa Ferrida" in a cartouche.

From the Greek word meaning "water," hydria is a vessel used to collect, carry, and pour water.

Ref.: 6378

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