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

470–460 BCE

Not on view

Part of the head of a wreathed, filleted symposiast, looking up; head, neck, left shoulder and part of upper torso of a wreathed, filleted nude woman, with an earring, playing the aulos, reclining against a cushion; head and upper torso of a symposiast wearing a cap with lappets, holding a kylix in his right hand, with a cushion behind his left elbow; right shoulder, and bent right arm, with hand holding the ends of a heavy fillet, and part of the torso of a symposiast with his himation draped around his waist and thighs

Artwork Details

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Provenance

Title: Terracotta fragment of a bell-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Period: Classical
Date: 470–460 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: 2011.604.2.858
Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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