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

Unknown

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

Side A: draped male, on a block seat to right, with a staff; draped charioteer to right, with his shield, slung over his back, holding the reins and mounting the chariot; behind the horses, a dog, to left; draped male to left, seated on a folding stool, holding a staff; draped charioteer to right, with his shield slung over his back, holding the reins and mounting the chariot; behind the horses, a dog to left; draped male to left, seated on a folding stool, holding a staff; draped charioteer, with a shield on his back, mounting a chariot to right (most of which is not preserved); draped male to left, seated on a folding stool; Side B: at the far left, seated, draped male, to left, holding a staff; charioteer holding the reins of a chariot (most of this scene is not preserved); seated figure to left (not well preserved)?; traces of a charioteer and a chariot (not well preserved); seated figure?; horses of a chariot; behind the horses, a dog, to left; draped male to left, holding a staff, seated on a folding stool Below the rim, right ward meander; at the juncture of the neck and shoulder, a band of tongues; on the handles of the volutes, ivy Two small unattached black glazed fragments

Artist

Unknown

Date

second quarter of the sixth 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