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

Attributed to the Praxias Group
ca. 480–450 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 170
Obverse, komos (revel). Reverse, 2 youths

The subject, composition, and shape of this bowl are all influenced by Greek prototypes of the sort imported by the Etruscans throughout the late sixth and the fifth centuries B.C.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Terracotta column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
  • Artist: Attributed to the Praxias Group
  • Period: Late Archaic or Early Classical
  • Date: ca. 480–450 BCE
  • Culture: Etruscan
  • Medium: Terracotta; superposed red
  • Dimensions: H.: 13 7/8 in. (35.2 cm)
  • Classification: Vases
  • Credit Line: Purchase, 1896
  • Object Number: 96.9.29
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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