Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
At the shoulder, a band of tongues; left hand, holding ears of wheat and part of lower drapery of a figure to right; wreathed athlete looking over his right shoulder, holding his javelin? in his right hand, with his left arm bent and his hand below his pectoral muscles; the panel is comprised of ivy; below the panel, a red line above the rays (only the tip of one ray is preserved); two holes from an ancient repair is visible on the upper torso of the wreathed athlete
Artwork Details
- 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: 2011.604.2.644
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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