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

Unknown

460–440 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Bit of the neck; at the shoulder, a band of tongues; draped, bearded male to right with his right arm bent and his hand raised; filleted youth with a himation, with his right arm bent and his hand on his hip and his left hand holding a spear; filleted youth to left, with a himation, with his right arm raised, holding a helmet in his left hand; the panel ornament 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