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

second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Not on view
Youth with himation draped over his left shoulder and down the left side of his body, with his left arm bent, looking down, with his chin resting on his chest; at the right, part of the panel ornament, ivy; at the left shoulder of the youth, hole from ancient repair

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Object Information
  • Title: Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
  • Period: Classical
  • Date: second quarter of the 5th century BCE
  • Culture: Greek, Attic
  • Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
  • Classification: Vases
  • Credit Line: Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011
  • Object Number: 2011.604.2.323
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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