Fragmentary terracotta column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Lydos
ca. 560 BCE
Medium
Terracotta
Dimensions
Height (height of main composition): 11 7/16 in., 25.8 mm (29 × 257.5 cm) Height (height of frieze below): 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)
Classification
Vases
Culture & Period
Greek, Attic · Archaic
Department
Greek and Roman Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and Dietrich von Bothmer, Christos G. Bastis, The Charles Engelhard Foundation, and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman Gifts, 1997 (1997.388a-eee) Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan P. Rosen, 1996 (1996.56a,b) Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, 1997 (1997.493)
Accession Number
1997.388a–eee