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

first quarter of the sixth century BCE
Not on view
The largest fragment, has, at the juncture of the neck and shoulder, a band of tongues, alternating with black and red; below, part of the back of a quadruped; the second fragment also has part of the back of quadruped; the third fragment has part of an animal

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  • Title: Terracotta fragments of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
  • Period: Archaic
  • Date: first quarter of the sixth century BCE
  • Culture: Greek, Attic
  • Medium: Terracotta; black-figure
  • Classification: Vases
  • Credit Line: Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011
  • Object Number: 2011.604.3.484a–c
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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