Terracotta column-krater (mixing bowl)
Obverse, woman and two Oscan youths
Reverse, three youths
The figures carry paraphernalia for an observance—trays with cakes, a nestoris (an Italic type of jar), and a bunch of grapes that suggests a Dionysiac connection.
Reverse, three youths
The figures carry paraphernalia for an observance—trays with cakes, a nestoris (an Italic type of jar), and a bunch of grapes that suggests a Dionysiac connection.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta column-krater (mixing bowl)
- Artist: Attributed to the Painter of the Bari Orestes
- Period: Late Classical
- Date: ca. 375–350 BCE
- Culture: Greek, South Italian, Apulian
- Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
- Dimensions: H. with handles 17 3/16 in. (43.7 cm)
H. without handles 17 in. (43.2 cm) - Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Purchase by subscription, 1896
- Object Number: 96.18.42
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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