Terracotta fragment of a volute-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
On the lip, a dot net pattern; below, tip of nose, beard, part of the frontal torso, left shoulder, and bent left arm of a male reclining on a pillow; draped woman to left playing the aulos; youth reclining on the ground, with his himation draped around his waist and legs, with his left arm bent and his hand below his chest, with his right arm bent, and his hand holding grapes; behind his head, vines; nude youth to right, holding a ladle in his right hand and a oinochoe in his left; hand and bent legs, under himation, of a reclining youth to left
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta fragment of a volute-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
- Artist: Attributed to the Theseus Painter [Jasper Gaunt]
- Period: Archaic
- Date: 500 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: 2011.604.3.648
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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