Terracotta fragment of a bell-krater (deep bowl)

Unknown

second half of the 4th century BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Obverse, part of a draped male to right, wearing a himation, holding a knobby stick in the hand of his extended arm (the hand is not preserved, but the arm and stick are), facing the lower body of draped male to left, who also has a knobby stick; the two draped males are framed by foliate ornament; Reverse, part of the right arm and hand, a bit of the upper torso, and part of the legs of a nude male; the ground line on the obverse and reverse is comprised of an egg pattern with dots in the interstices

Artist

Unknown

Date

second half of the 4th century BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, South Italian, Apulian

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

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