Shape
Krater
κρατήρ
150 vases
The mixing bowl of the symposium, where wine was blended with water. Large and open-mouthed, kraters provided the greatest canvas for vase painters and bear some of the most ambitious compositions. Types include column, volute, calyx, and bell kraters.
Function & Use
Mixing wine with water at the symposium
150 examples
Terracotta chariot krater
ca. 1300–1230 BCE
Terracotta krater
ca. 1450–1200 BCE
Terracotta chariot krater
ca. 1375–1350 BCE
Krater
Krater
1050–950 BCE
Terracotta krater with lid surmounted by a small hydria
The Cesnola Painter
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ca. 750–740 BCE
Krater
750–600 BCE
Krater
750–600 BCE
Krater
750–600 BCE
Terracotta krater
Attributed to the Hirschfeld Workshop
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ca. 750–735 BCE
Krater
750–600 BCE
Terracotta krater
Attributed to the Trachones Workshop
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ca. 725 BCE
Terracotta miniature vase with rudimentary handles
7th–6th century BCE
Krater, miniature
600–480 BCE
Terracotta krater (mixing bowl)
6th century BCE
Fragment of a terracotta column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Attributed to the Cavalcade Painter
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ca. 590–570 BCE
Terracotta krater (mixing bowl)
ca. 550 BCE
Terracotta column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
ca. 560–500 BCE
Terracotta column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
ca. 540 BCE
Terracotta column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
ca. 520–510 BCE
Terracotta column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Attributed to the Lykomedes Painter
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ca. 520–510 BCE
Terracotta column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Attributed to the manner of the Göttingen Painter
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ca. 500 BCE
Terracotta volute-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Attributed to the Karkinos Painter
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ca. 500 BCE
Terracotta column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Attributed to Myson
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ca. 500 BCE
Terracotta calyx-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Attributed to the Kleophrades Painter
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ca. 490 BCE
Terracotta column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Attributed to Myson
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ca. 480 BCE
Terracotta column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Attributed to the Pig Painter
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ca. 475–465 BCE
Terracotta column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Attributed to the Pan Painter
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ca. 470–460 BCE
Terracotta column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Attributed to the Agrigento Painter
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ca. 470–460 BCE
Terracotta bell-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
ca. 470–450 BCE
Calyx-krater
Attributed to a follower of Douris
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ca. 460 BCE
Terracotta bell-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Attributed to the Villa Giulia Painter
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ca. 460–450 BCE
Terracotta column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Attributed to a painter of the Mannerist Group
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ca. 460 BCE
Terracotta column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Attributed to the Orchard Painter
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ca. 460 BCE
Terracotta column-krater (vase for mixing wine and water)
Attributed to the Boreas Painter
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ca. 460 BCE
Terracotta calyx-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Attributed to the Painter of the Berlin Hydria
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ca. 460–450 BCE
Terracotta bell-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Attributed to the Danaë Painter
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ca. 460 BCE
Terracotta bell-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Attributed to the Achilles Painter
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ca. 460–450 BCE
Terracotta column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Attributed to the Orchard Painter
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ca. 460 BCE
Terracotta bell-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Attributed to the Menelaos Painter
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ca. 440 BCE
Terracotta bell-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Attributed to Polygnotos
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ca. 450–440 BCE
Terracotta calyx-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
late 5th century BCE
Fragment of a terracotta calyx-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Attributed to the Chicago Painter
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ca. 450 BCE
Attributed to the Painter of the Louvre Centauromachy
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ca. 440 BCE
Terracotta calyx-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Attributed to the Nekyia Painter
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ca. 450–440 BCE
Fragment of a terracotta bell-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Attributed to the Group of Polygnotos
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ca. 450–440 BCE
Terracotta volute-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Attributed to the Painter of the Woolly Satyrs
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ca. 450 BCE
Terracotta bell-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Attributed to the Methyse Painter
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ca. 450 BCE
Terracotta bell-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Attributed to the Polydektes Painter
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ca. 440 BCE
Terracotta bell-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Attributed to the Painter of London E 497
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ca. 440 BCE
Terracotta bell-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
ca. 440–430 BCE
Terracotta bell-krater (mixing bowl)
Attributed to the Pisticci Painter
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ca. 430–410 BCE
Terracotta volute-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water) with stand
ca. 430 BCE
Terracotta column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Attributed to the Marlay Painter
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ca. 430 BCE
Terracotta bell-krater (mixing bowl) with lid
Attributed to the Group of the Würzburg Scylla
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late 5th century BCE
Terracotta bell-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
late 5th century BCE
Terracotta bell-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
late 5th century BCE
Terracotta bell-krater (mixing bowl)
Attributed to the Sarpedon Painter
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ca. 400–380 BCE
Volute-krater fragment
ca. 400–350 BCE
Volute-krater fragment
ca. 400–350 BCE
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