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
At the shoulder, a band of tongues; left hand, holding ears of wheat and part of lower drapery of a figure to right; wreathed athlete looking over his right shoulder, holding his javelin? in his right hand, with his left arm bent and his hand below his pectoral muscles; the panel is comprised of ivy; below the panel, a red line above the rays (only the tip of one ray is preserved); two holes from an ancient repair is visible on the upper torso of the wreathed athlete
- 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
