Terracotta column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)

A large terracotta column krater in the black-figure technique, its main band showing satyrs and draped maenads in dance and procession. Figures in black silhouette with red and incised details stand against the orange clay, framed by a black lower body and a banded foot.

Look closer: Small incised details and a row of palmettes along the lower body, easily overlooked at a glance.

Artist

Lydos

Date

ca. 550 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

3791 × 2844 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fletcher Fund, 1931