Terracotta krateriskos (small mixing bowl)
The distinctive ring handles are in the form of two snakes whose heads and tails are modeled carefully in relief. Snakes were often connected with death and rebirth in the ancient Mediterranean world. At least one vase of this specific type is known to have been used as a cremation urn.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta krateriskos (small mixing bowl)
- Artist: Attributed to the Group of Copenhagen 3817
- Period: Late Classical or Hellenistic
- Date: ca. 300 BCE
- Culture: Etruscan
- Medium: Terracotta; Malacena black-glaze
- Dimensions: H. 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm)
- Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Purchase, Arthur Darby Nock Bequest, in memory of Gisela M. A. Richter, 1969
- Object Number: 69.11.70
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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Tondo Group
ca. 325–300 BCE
Restituted
Etruscan
late 6th century BCE
Greek, South Italian, Campanian
4th century BCE
Greek, Attic
late 10th–early 9th century BCE
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late 6th century BCE
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