The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Terracotta volute-krater (vase for mixing wine and water)

Terracotta volute-krater (vase for mixing wine and water)

Period:: Archaic
Date:: early 6th century B.C.
Culture:: Greek, Attic
Medium:: Terracotta
Dimensions:: Overall: 19 3/8 x 21 13/16in. (49.2 x 55.4cm) diameter 17 7/8in. (45.4cm)
Classification:: Vases
Credit Line:: Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Fried Gift, 1977
Accession Number:: 1977.11.2

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 152

Description

Sophilos is the first known artist from the Athenian Potters' quarter to have signed his name on his work—once as potter and three times as painter. This early form of the volute-krater is decorated with two boars in front and a bull with another animal in back.
See also
Who
Sophilos (3)
What
Clay (23,653)

Vessels (21,644)

Vases (8,876)

Terracotta (8,377)

Kraters (282)

Volute kraters (115)

Chalcidian (4)
Where
Europe (146,011)

Greece (6,280)
When
1000 B.C.-A.D. 1 (22,989)
In the Museum
Greek and Roman Art (17,322)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Greek Art in the Archaic Period

Ancient Greece, 1000 B.C.–1 A.D.