Terracotta volute-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water) with stand ca. 430 Greek, Attic On the neck, obverse and reverse, Dionysos, the god of wine, and his followers, satyrs and maenadsThe architectonic character of this volute-krater is as great as that of the adjacent one, but the detail is quite different. The figure work on the neck constitutes a crowning frieze. The ribbing on the body introduces a pronounced verticality, and the crisp forms of the stand establish a podium. The small, agile figures of Dionysos and his retinue animate this otherwise sober and imposing Te
Terracotta volute-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water) with stand ca. 430 Greek, Attic On the neck, obverse and reverse, Dionysos, the god of wine, and his followers, satyrs and maenadsThe architectonic character of this volute-krater is as great as that of the adjacent one, but the detail is quite different. The figure work on the neck constitutes a crowning frieze. The ribbing on the body introduces a pronounced verticality, and the crisp forms of the stand establish a podium. The small, agile figures of Dionysos and his retinue animate this otherwise sober and imposing Terracotta volute-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water) with stand 251486 Greek, Attic, Terracotta volute-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water) with stand, ca. 430 , Terracotta, Overall: 18 1/16 x 13 in. ( x 33 cm) Other (H. of krater and stand): 26 1/4 in. ( cm) Other (H. of stand): 5 1/4in. () Other (H. of krater without handles): 18 1/16in. () Other (Diameter of foot): 8 15/16 in. ( cm) Other (Diameter of mouth of vase): 12 1/4 in. ( cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Fletcher Fund, 1924 (, b)
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