Vases Red-figure Krater Column-Krater (Mixing Bowl)
Column-Krater (Mixing Bowl)

Column-Krater (Mixing Bowl)

Red-figure the Painter of London E 489 · Krater · about 450 BCE
On the front of this vase are four youths in himatia. On the left, the youth is facing right and gesturing with his left hand; next, a youth with a lyre is also facing to the right; then a youth gesturing strongly and raising his stick as he leans to the right but with feet out-turned; on the far right a final youth facing left, with a stick. On the other side are three youths also in himatia – that on the left faces right, that in the middle also right, that on the right faces left.
Shape
Technique
Date
about 450 BCE
Culture
Greece
Attribution
Attributed
Medium
terracotta, red-figure
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
1889.93
Image Source
chicago_cc0
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)