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)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
440–430 BCE
Column Krater with Standing Figures
RF
8440
· ca. 480 BCE (Classical)
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)
the Orchard Painter
· 460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a krater (deep bowl)?
mid-4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
460–440 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a krater (deep bowl)
4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a krater (deep bowl)
4th century 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 bell-krater (deep bowl)
second half of the 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a krater (deep bowl)?
late 5th/early 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater? (bowl for mixing wine and water)
third quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of krater (deep bowl)
4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a bell-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
third quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a krater (deep bowl)
second half of the 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a krater (deep bowl)?
second half of the 4th 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 (deep bowl)
4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
450–440 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a bell-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
470–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a krater (deep bowl)
mid-4th century 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)
440–430 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a krater (deep bowl)?
third quarter of the 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a krater (deep bowl)
mid-4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a krater (deep bowl)
mid-4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a bell-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
470–450 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)
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)
460–440 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a bell-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 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 column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
450–430 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)
460–450 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 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)
mid-5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a calyx-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
6th 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)
500–480 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 bell-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 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)
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)
460–440 BCE
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