Terracotta bell-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Obverse, three revelers
Reverse, three youths
The figures on each side are essentially the same, except that those on the obverse have the attributes of revelers: they wear wreaths, the first youth carries a skyphos (deep drinking cup), and the second plays the flute; music of the lyre and flute was often part of a symposium (drinking party).
Reverse, three youths
The figures on each side are essentially the same, except that those on the obverse have the attributes of revelers: they wear wreaths, the first youth carries a skyphos (deep drinking cup), and the second plays the flute; music of the lyre and flute was often part of a symposium (drinking party).
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta bell-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
- Artist: Attributed to the Menelaos Painter
- Period: Classical
- Date: ca. 440 BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
- Dimensions: H. 10 5/8 in. (27 cm); diameter of mouth 12 3/16 in. (31 cm)
- Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1921
- Object Number: 21.88.4
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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