Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
On top of the rim, chariot to right; below the horse, greaved leg of a fallen warrior to right; behind the forelegs of the horse, lower torso and leg of a crouching warrior to right, with greaves; helmeted warrior to left, wearing a chiton, with a round shield in his left hand, and a spear in his right; helmeted warrior to right, wearing a chiton; chest and forelegs of a horse to left?; on the overhang of the rim, a palmette-lotus ornament
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta fragment 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: 2011.604.3.609
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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