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

Painter of Bologna 228

ca. 460 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Obverse, warrior and quadriga (four-horse chariot) with driver Reverse, Dionysos and two maenads The scene on the obverse shows a four-horse chariot from which a warrior has dismounted in order to fight. The painter seems to have a predilection for effects of glaze on a reserved background—note the armor of the charioteer and, on the reverse, the black kantharos (drinking cup with high handles) of Dionysos.

Artist

Painter of Bologna 228

Date

ca. 460 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, Attic

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Fletcher Fund, 1929