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
Volute-krater fragment
ca. 400–350 BCE
Volute-krater fragment
ca. 400–350 BCE
Volute-krater fragment
ca. 400–350 BCE
Volute-krater fragment
ca. 400–350 BCE
Volute-krater fragment
ca. 400–350 BCE
Volute-krater fragment
ca. 400–350 BCE
Volute-krater fragment
ca. 400–350 BCE
Terracotta calyx-krater (mixing bowl)
Volute-krater fragment
4th century BCE
Terracotta calyx-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
4th century BCE
Terracotta bell-krater (mixing bowl)
early 4th century BCE
Terracotta calyx-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
4th century BCE
Terracotta calyx-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
4th century BCE
Volute-krater fragment
4th century BCE
Volute-krater fragment
4th century BCE
Volute-krater fragment
4th century BCE
Volute-krater fragment
4th century BCE
Volute-krater fragment
4th century BCE
Volute-krater fragment
4th century BCE
Volute-krater fragment
4th century BCE
Volute-krater fragment
4th century BCE
Volute-krater fragment
4th century BCE
Volute-krater fragment
4th century BCE
Volute-krater fragment
4th century BCE
Volute-krater fragment
4th century BCE
Volute-krater fragment
4th century BCE
Volute-krater fragment
4th century BCE
Volute-krater fragment
4th century BCE
Volute-krater fragment
4th century BCE
Volute-krater fragment
4th century BCE
Volute-krater fragment
4th century BCE
Volute-krater fragment
4th century BCE
Volute-krater fragment
4th century BCE
Volute-krater fragment
4th century BCE
Volute-krater fragment
4th century BCE
Bell-krater fragment
4th century BCE
Volute-krater fragment
4th century BCE
Volute-krater fragment
4th century BCE
Volute-krater fragment
4th century BCE
Volute-krater fragment
4th century BCE
Volute-krater fragment
4th century BCE
Volute-krater fragment
4th century BCE
Volute-krater fragment
4th century BCE
Terracotta bell-krater (vase for mixing wine and water)
Terracotta column-krater (mixing bowl)
Fragment of a terracotta volute-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Fragment of a terrracotta volute-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Fragment of a terracotta volute-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Terracotta column-krater (mixing bowl)
Volute-krater fragment
ca. 370–340 BCE
Volute-krater fragment
ca. 360–340 BCE
Volute-krater fragment
ca. 360–340 BCE
Volute-krater fragment
ca. 360–340 BCE
Volute-krater fragment
ca. 360–340 BCE
Volute-krater fragment
ca. 360–340 BCE
Terracotta bell-krater (mixing bowl)
Volute-krater fragment
ca. 360–340 BCE
Volute-krater fragment
ca. 360–340 BCE
Volute-krater fragment
ca. 360–340 BCE
Three fragments of a terracotta calyx-krater (mixing bowl)
ca. 360–340 BCE
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)