Terracotta column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Obverse, man offering lyre and ball to boy
Reverse, youth
Part of a youth's education often came from an older mentor such as this man who offers to a young boy a lyre and a ball. Musical training was an essential part of Athenian education. Students learned to play the lyre, to recite poetry, and to dance.
Reverse, youth
Part of a youth's education often came from an older mentor such as this man who offers to a young boy a lyre and a ball. Musical training was an essential part of Athenian education. Students learned to play the lyre, to recite poetry, and to dance.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
- Artist: Attributed to the Pig Painter
- Period: Classical
- Date: ca. 475–465 BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
- Dimensions: H. 16 1/4 in. ( 41.3 cm); width 15 15/16 in. (40.5 cm)
- Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1941
- Object Number: 41.162.86
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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