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Terracotta Bell Krater Attributed to the Painter of the Louvre Centauromachy in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, April 2017

Terracotta Bell Krater Attributed to the Painter of the Louvre Centauromachy in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, April 2017
Terracotta bell-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)

Attributed to the Painter of the Louvre Centauromachy

Period:Classical

Date:mid-fifth century B.C.

Culture:Greek, Attic

Medium:Terracotta; red-figure

Dimensions:Other: 13 1/4 × 16 in. (33.7 × 40.6 cm)
Diameter: 15 × 6 1/4 in. (38.1 × 15.9 cm)

Classification:Vases

Credit Line:Gift of Sylvia de Cuevas, 2013

Accession Number:2013.158

With only three figures and carefully selected and rendered details - the musical instruments, the drinking cup, the boots on the floor, the representation captures and characterizes a Classical symposium. The scene is noteworthy for its gravity.

Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/259196

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