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Terracotta fragments of a psykter (vase for cooling wine)

530–520 BCE
Not on view
One fragment has at the top, a chain of pomegranates; below, part of a lyre; tip of nose, mouth, neck, and shoulder of a bearded man to left ;a second fragment has part of a chain of pomegranates, and below, bit of the crossbar of a lyre?; the two other fragments have a band of tongues, alternating in added red and black glaze, and below, a chain of pomegranates

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  • Title: Terracotta fragments of a psykter (vase for cooling wine)
  • Period: Archaic
  • Date: 530–520 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: 2011.604.2.29a–d
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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