Terracotta bell-krater (mixing bowl)

A red-figure bell krater with a black ground shows a bearded seated god and a seated woman in a domestic scene. A standing draped figure stands at right, and a winged figure appears beside the couple. Architectural elements and a Greek key band frame the composition.

Look closer: A Greek key meander band runs along the lower body beneath the scene.

Artist

Sarpedon Painter

Date

ca. 400–380 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

3811 × 3049 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1916