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

Orchard Painter

ca. 460 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Obverse, women gathering apples Reverse, two youths and two women This scene of five women gathering apples into wicker baskets is taken from daily life, but it brings to mind representations of the beautiful Hesperids, who guarded a tree of golden apples that brought immortality.

Artist

Orchard Painter

Date

ca. 460 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, Attic

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1907