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

third quarter of the sixth century BCE

Not on view

Below the rim, two rows of ivy separated by a red vine; branch with bunch of grapes?; head and part of the upper torso of a bearded, draped male to right, with spears?; withers, back, loin, and croup of a horse to right?

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Title: Terracotta fragment of a calyx-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: 2011.604.3.616
Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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