Terracotta fragment of a volute-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Side A: draped male, on a block seat to right, with a staff; draped charioteer to right, with his shield, slung over his back, holding the reins and mounting the chariot; behind the horses, a dog, to left; draped male to left, seated on a folding stool, holding a staff; draped charioteer to right, with his shield slung over his back, holding the reins and mounting the chariot; behind the horses, a dog to left; draped male to left, seated on a folding stool, holding a staff; draped charioteer, with a shield on his back, mounting a chariot to right (most of which is not preserved); draped male to left, seated on a folding stool; Side B: at the far left, seated, draped male, to left, holding a staff; charioteer holding the reins of a chariot (most of this scene is not preserved); seated figure to left (not well preserved)?; traces of a charioteer and a chariot (not well preserved); seated figure?; horses of a chariot; behind the horses, a dog, to left; draped male to left, holding a staff, seated on a folding stool
Below the rim, right ward meander; at the juncture of the neck and shoulder, a band of tongues; on the handles of the volutes, ivy
Two small unattached black glazed fragments
Below the rim, right ward meander; at the juncture of the neck and shoulder, a band of tongues; on the handles of the volutes, ivy
Two small unattached black glazed fragments
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta fragment of a volute-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
- Period: Archaic
- Date: second 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: 2011.604.3.767a–e
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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