Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)

Attributed to the Painter of London E 489
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Not on view
Fingers from hand of a figure to right; head and upper torso of a god to right, wearing a laurel wreath, with his himation draped over his shoulders, and holding a sceptre or trident in his right hand, with his left arm extended; part of a woman to left, with her right arm extended, and a bracelet around her wrist, wearing a peplos with a mantle pinned at her shoulders

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Object Information
  • Title: Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
  • Artist: Attributed to the Painter of London E 489 [DvB]
  • Period: Classical
  • Date: second quarter of the 5th century BCE
  • Culture: Greek, Attic
  • Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
  • Classification: Vases
  • Credit Line: Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011
  • Object Number: 2011.604.2.645
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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