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 calyx-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
460–440 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a bell-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 fragment of a bell-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragments of bell-kraters (bowls for mixing wine and water)?
second half 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 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)
470–460 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a calyx-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
490–470 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a bell-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
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 krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)?
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a bell-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)?
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a bell-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a bell-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
470–460 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
490–480 BCE
Terracotta fragments of column-kraters (bowls for mixing wine and water)
475–440 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a calyx-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)?
first half 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 calyx-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
mid-5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a calyx-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
490–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
460–440 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a bell-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
450–440 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 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)
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)
second quarter of the 5th century 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)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a bell-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
470–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a calyx-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
440–430 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
460–440 BCE
Terracotta fragments of column-kraters (bowls for mixing wine and water)
475–440 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)
the Florence Painter
· 460–440 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
470–440 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a stamnos (jar) or a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
490–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of column-kraters (bowls for mixing wine and water)
460–440 BCE
Attic Black-Figure Column Krater
BF
Painter of Louvre F311
· about 530 B.C.
Terracotta fragment of a 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)
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)
mid-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)
third quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
470–440 BCE
Column Krater with Athena and Herakles, Dionysus and Satyrs
BF
6256
· 530-520 BC (Archaic)
Terracotta fragment of a bell-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
460–440 BCE
Terracotta fragments of column-kraters (bowls 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
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