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

Unknown

460–440 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

At the shoulder, a band of tongues; below, draped maenad to right, wearing a chiton and himation, looking over her right shoulder, to the satyr behind her (only part of his arm is preserved) with her hair tied up with a red fillet, holding a thrysos in her left hand; filleted satyr to left, with his right arm on the upper back of the maenad; the panel frame is comprised of a vertical line between dots

Artist

Unknown

Date

460–440 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