Terracotta bell-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Menelaos Painter
ca. 440 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art
Obverse, three revelers Reverse, three youths The figures on each side are essentially the same, except that those on the obverse have the attributes of revelers: they wear wreaths, the first youth carries a skyphos (deep drinking cup), and the second plays the flute; music of the lyre and flute was often part of a symposium (drinking party).
- Artist
- Menelaos Painter
- Date
- ca. 440 BCE
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Culture
- Greek, Attic
- Department
- Greek and Roman Art
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1921
