Terracotta psykter with lid (vase for cooling wine)
The psykter was an ingenious shape designed to keep wine cool throughout an evening. It was filled with wine and placed inside a large krater (bowl for mixing wine and water) that contained snow or ice water. The cylindrical stem acted as a keel, keeping the psykter upright while the wine was ladled out.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta psykter with lid (vase for cooling wine)
- Period: Archaic
- Date: ca. 500 BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; black-glaze
- Dimensions: H. 11 1/4 in. (28.6 cm)
- Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1960
- Object Number: 60.11.6a, b
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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