Terracotta dinos (mixing bowl)
Polyteleia Painter
ca. 630–615 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art
The finest vases from the region of Corinth are generally datable to the seventh century B.C. This dinos, a bowl for the wine diluted with water that was consumed at symposia, is decorated in two zones with large-scale animals. Above, panthers and sphinxes, and below are goats and lions between sphinxes.
- Artist
- Polyteleia Painter
- Date
- ca. 630–615 BCE
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Culture
- Greek, Corinthian
- Department
- Greek and Roman Art
- Credit line
- The Bothmer Purchase Fund and Louis V. Bell Fund, 1997
