Terracotta fragments of a column-krater (deep bowl)

Unknown

500–480 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

The largest fragment is from the rim, neck, and shoulder of the krater; on the top of the rim, pendant lotus buds; the neck is black glazed; on the shoulder, a band of tongues, below, in the panel on the obverse, at the left, part of the head of a satyr to right?; head and neck of a draped woman to left; part of the head and arm of a second woman to left (maenads); the panel border is comprised of ivy; a second fragment is from the rim, neck, and shoulder of the krater; on the top of the rim, pendant lotus buds; on the outer edge of the rim, ivy; the neck is black glazed; below, part of the left panel border, from the reverse, which is comprised of ivy; a third fragment is also from the reverse, with part of the neck and shoulder of the krater; on the shoulder, a band of tongues; below a bit of the hair of a woman to left; part of the head of a second woman to left; four fragments from the rim, with pendant lotus buds on the top of the rim, and ivy on the outer edge of the rim; fragment from the rim and neck of the krater, with a bit of the tendrils from the pendant lotus buds on the top of the rim, and part of the black glaze from the neck

Artist

Unknown

Date

500–480 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Etruscan

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011