Terracotta fragments of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
The largest fragment has, at the juncture of the neck and shoulder, a band of tongues; below, at the bottom left, part of a draped figure; head, neck, and part of the upper torso of a draped Hermes to right, wearing a chiton, himation, and petasos, with his left arm extended and his right hand holding a kerykeion; part of the upper torso and bent right arm of a draped male to right, holding a spear or stick in his right hand; the second fragment has, at the juncture of the neck and shoulder, a band of tongues; below, head, neck, left shoulder, bent left arm, hand, and part of the upper torso of a bearded man looking to left, holding a stick in his right hand
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta fragments of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
- Period: Archaic
- Date: third 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: 2011.604.3.498a, b
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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