Brooklyn-Budapest Painter, Bell Crater (Caricature of Hermes), Clay, quickly turned, painted (ceramic), alternately fired, Clay, Total: Height: cm; Diameter: cm; Base diameter: cm, Ceramics, Festivities, History of Mercury (Hermes), Late Classicism (Greek Antiquity), Due to its shape, this vessel is called a bell crater. It was used to mix wine and water and was used at the symposium, a ritualized drinking feast of distinguished men.

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