Terracotta fragments of a psykter (vase for cooling wine)

Unknown

530–520 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

One fragment has at the top, a chain of pomegranates; below, part of a lyre; tip of nose, mouth, neck, and shoulder of a bearded man to left ;a second fragment has part of a chain of pomegranates, and below, bit of the crossbar of a lyre?; the two other fragments have a band of tongues, alternating in added red and black glaze, and below, a chain of pomegranates

Artist

Unknown

Date

530–520 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, Attic

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011