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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
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8019 examples
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Terracotta fragments of column-kraters (bowls for mixing wine and water)
460–440 BCE
Terracotta fragments of column-kraters (bowls for mixing wine and water)
Terracotta fragments of column-kraters (bowls for mixing wine and water)
460–440 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
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)
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a stamnos (jar) or a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
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)
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)
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
470–440 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)?
Terracotta fragment of a krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)?
460–440 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)?
Terracotta fragment of a krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)?
460–440 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a bell-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Terracotta fragment of a bell-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)?
Terracotta fragment of a krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)?
480–470 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)?
Terracotta fragment of a 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)?
Terracotta fragment of a 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)?
Terracotta fragment of a 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)
Terracotta fragment of a 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)?
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)
Terracotta fragment of a bell-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)?
Terracotta fragment of a krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)?
480–470 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)?
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)
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)
Terracotta fragment of a calyx-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
the Phiale Painter · 440–430 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a calyx-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Terracotta fragment of a calyx-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
the Altamura Painter · 470–460 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a bell-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Terracotta fragment of a bell-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
the Altamura Painter · 470–460 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
470–440 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
470–440 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
470–440 BCE
Terracotta fragments of column-kraters (bowls for mixing wine and water)
Terracotta fragments of column-kraters (bowls for mixing wine and water)
470–440 BCE
Terracotta fragments of column-kraters (bowls for mixing wine and water)
Terracotta fragments of column-kraters (bowls for mixing wine and water)
470–440 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
470–440 BCE
KRATER, CALYX, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
KRATER, CALYX, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF CompareEUPHRONIOS · -525 TO -475
KRATER, VOLUTE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KRATER, VOLUTE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF -525 TO -475
Attic Black-Figure Column Krater
Attic Black-Figure Column Krater
BF 525–500 B.C.
KRATER, VOLUTE, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
KRATER, VOLUTE, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF KLEOPHRADES P · -525 TO -475
Two fragments of a terracotta calyx-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Two fragments of a terracotta calyx-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
the Pioneer Group · late 6th century BCE
KRATER, CALYX, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KRATER, CALYX, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF CompareACHELOOS P · -525 TO -475
KRATER, VOLUTE, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
KRATER, VOLUTE, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF KLEOPHRADES P · -525 TO -475
KRATER, VOLUTE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KRATER, VOLUTE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF -525 TO -475
KRATER, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KRATER, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF -525 TO -475
KRATER, COLUMN, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KRATER, COLUMN, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF -525 TO -475
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