About This Artwork

Greek, Attica
Said to have been found at Nola, Italy

Column Krater (Bowl for Mixing Wine and Water), c. 460 B.C.

Terracotta, red-figure technique
46.5 x 45.6 x 38 cm (18 1/4 x 18 x 15 in.); Thickness of lip: 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in.); Diameter of lip: 38 cm (15 in.); Diameter of mouth: 29.3 cm (11 1/2 in.); Diameter of body at 28 cm from base: 36.6 cm (14 3/8 in.); Diameter of foot: 19 cm (7 1/2 in.)
Gift of Philip D. Armour and Charles L. Hutchinson, 1889.16