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

Unknown

mid-5th century BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Left knee, calf, and foot of a male to right; frontal torso, genitals, and bent legs of a warrior, to right with a baldric and scabbard, and his left forearm inside of the shield strap of a shield seen from the inside; behind the shield, part of a chariot wheel?; drapery of a third figure; below, part of the cul of the calyx-krater

Artist

Unknown

Date

mid-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