Terracotta fragment of a volute-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)

Unknown

500–475 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

On the side of the rim, pattern of meanders interrupted by squares with black rectangle within; on the neck, head, part of the upper torso, extended left arm, bent right arm, and tail of an ithyphallic satyr to right. lifting an amphora?; head, upper torso, left hip, and bit of thigh of a satyr to left, holding a wineskin in his left hand, which hangs over his left shoulder and down his back; bit of drapery from a third figure

Artist

Unknown

Date

500–475 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