Shape
Krater
κρατήρ
8019 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
8019 examples
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
450–430 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a bell-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
460–440 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
460–440 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a calyx-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
mid-5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a calyx-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
470–460 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a calyx-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a calyx-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a calyx-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
440–420 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
460–440 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
460–440 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
460–440 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a calyx-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
460–440 BCE
Terracotta fragments of calyx-kraters (bowls for mixing wine and water)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
460–440 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
the Flying-Angel Painter
· 460–440 BCE
Terracotta fragments of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
440–420 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
460–440 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
460–440 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
460–440 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
460–440 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
460–440 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
470–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a calyx-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
mid-5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
490–470 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a calyx-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
the Phiale Painter
· 440–430 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
460–440 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
450–430 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a calyx-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
mid-5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
460–440 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
460–440 BCE
Terracotta fragments of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
450–440 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
490–470 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
the Tyszkiewicz Painter
· 490–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
460–440 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)?
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
460–440 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
470–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
450–430 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
460–440 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)?
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
460–440 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a calyx-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
460–440 BCE
Terracotta fragments of calyx-kraters (bowls for mixing wine and water)
first quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
450–430 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a calyx-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a calyx-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
500–470 BCE
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