Fragmentary terracotta column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)

Lydos

ca. 560 BCE

Fragmentary terracotta column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water) by Lydos

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

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