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)
last quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a calyx-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
last quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragments of column-kraters (bowls for mixing wine and water) or calyx-kraters (bowls for mixing wine and water)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a calyx-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
540–530 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a calyx-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a volute-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
500 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a volute-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
520–510 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a calyx-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water) or column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
late 6th/early 5th century BCE
Fragmentary Stamnoid Krater
650–600 B.C.
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
last quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water) or calyx-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a volute-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
late 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
late 6th/early 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
late 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
late 6th/early 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
third quarter of the sixth century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
510–500 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) or column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
second half of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a calyx-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water) or column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
late 6th/early 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a calyx-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
third quarter of the sixth century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a volute-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
second half of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
late 6th/early 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
late 6th/early 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
late 6th/early 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
early 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a calyx-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
late 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
last quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a calyx-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
500–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a calyx-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
last quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a calyx-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a volute-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
510 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a volute-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
520–510 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a volute-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
late 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a volute-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
late 6th/early 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
last quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
last quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
last quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a calyx-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
second half of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of column-kraters (bowls for mixing wine and water)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Fragmentary Stamnoid Krater
650–600 B.C.
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)?
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)?
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Fragmentary Stamnoid Krater
650–600 B.C.
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
late 6th/early 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
last quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a calyx-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
third quarter of the sixth century BCE
Terracotta fragments of column-kraters (bowls for mixing wine and water)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a bell-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
6th/5th centuries BCE
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