Terracotta bell-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Obverse, kitharode and three male listeners
Reverse, three youths
The principal scene shows a young man performing for three listeners. The instrument is a kithara, the type of lyre used for formal presentation. The artist's concern is to convey the response of each figure, from the deep introversion of the seated man to the gesture of the person behind him. This representation is characteristically classical in its emphasis on a state of being rather than on a narrative event.
Reverse, three youths
The principal scene shows a young man performing for three listeners. The instrument is a kithara, the type of lyre used for formal presentation. The artist's concern is to convey the response of each figure, from the deep introversion of the seated man to the gesture of the person behind him. This representation is characteristically classical in its emphasis on a state of being rather than on a narrative event.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta bell-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
- Artist: Attributed to Polygnotos
- Period: Classical
- Date: ca. 450–440 BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
- Dimensions: H. 14 3/16 in. (36 cm); diameter of mouth 15 1/16 in. (38.2 cm)
- Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1921
- Object Number: 21.88.73
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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