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The psykter was an ingenious shape designed to keep wine cool throughout an evening. It was filled with wine and placed inside a large krater (bowl for mixing wine and water) that contained snow or ice water. The cylindrical stem acted as a keel, keeping the psykter upright while the wine was ladled out.
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Title: Terracotta psykter with lid (vase for cooling wine)
Period: Archaic
Date: ca. 500 BCE
Culture: Greek, Attic
Medium: Terracotta; black-glaze
Dimensions: H. 11 1/4 in. (28.6 cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1960
Accession Number: 60.11.6a, b
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