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

Unknown

second quarter of the 5th century BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

On the neck, a band of pendant, linked lotuses with dots in the interstices; at the shoulder, a band of tongues; below, draped, filleted man to left, with a staff; aulos player to right, wearing a chiton and himation; draped, filleted man looking up, holding a staff in his right hand, which rests on his upper right shoulder; youth, looking down, with his right arm bent, wearing a himation and boots; the panel is comprised of a vertical line between dots

Artist

Unknown

Date

second quarter of the 5th century 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