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
Attic Black-Figure Column Krater Fragment
BF
6th century B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Column Krater Fragment
BF
6th century B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Column Krater Fragment
BF
6th century B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Column Krater Fragment
BF
6th century B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Krater and Kylix Fragments (6)
RF
500–490 B.C.
Terracotta column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
RF
Attributed to Myson
· ca. 500 BCE
Attic Black-Figure Column Krater Fragment (part of 81.AE.207.408)
BF
6th century B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Column Krater Fragment
BF
6th century B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Column Krater Fragment (part of 81.AE.207.408)
BF
6th century B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Column Krater Fragment
BF
6th century B.C.
KRATER, COLUMN, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
PerhapsFLYING-ANGEL P
· -500 TO -450
Attic Black-Figure Column Krater Fragment
BF
6th century B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Column Krater Fragment (part of 81.AE.207.408)
BF
6th century B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Column Krater Fragment (part of 81.AE.207.408.3, comprised of 2 joined fragments)
BF
6th century B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Column Krater Fragment
BF
6th century B.C.
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LENINGRAD P
· -500 TO -450
Attic Black-Figure Column Krater Fragment (part of 81.AE.207.408)
BF
6th century B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Column Krater Fragment (part of 81.AE.207.408.7)
BF
6th century B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Column Krater Fragment
BF
6th century B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Column Krater Fragment
BF
6th century B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Column Krater Fragment
BF
6th century B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Column Krater Body Fragment (comprised of 5 Joined Fragments)
BF
6th century B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Column Krater Fragment
BF
6th century B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Column Krater Fragment (part of 81.AE.207.408)
BF
6th century B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Column Krater Fragment (comprised of 2 joined fragments)
BF
6th century B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Column Krater/Stamnos Fragment
RF
5th century B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Column-Krater Fragment
RF
5th century B.C.
Attic Krater Fragment
5th–4th century B.C.
Red-Figure Krater Fragment
RF
5th century B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Krater Fragment
RF
5th century B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Calyx Krater Fragment
RF
5th century B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Calyx Krater Fragment
RF
PEZZINO GROUP
· 5th century B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Calyx Krater Fragment
RF
5th century B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Krater Fragment
RF
5th century B.C.
Two Joined Calyx Krater Fragments
PEZZINO GROUP
· 5th century B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Calyx Krater Fragment
RF
5th century B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Calyx Krater Fragment
RF
5th century B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Column Krater Fragment
RF
5th century B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Bell Krater Fragment
RF
5th century B.C.
Attic Krater Fragment
5th–4th century B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Calyx Krater Fragment
RF
5th century B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Krater Fragment
RF
5th century B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Column Krater Fragment
RF
5th century B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Column-Krater Fragment
RF
5th century B.C.
Attic Krater(?) Fragment
5th–4th century B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Column Krater Fragment
RF
5th century B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Column Krater Fragment
RF
5th century B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Calyx Krater Handle Fragment (comprised of 4 Joined Fragments)
RF
5th century B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Calyx Krater Fragment
RF
5th century B.C.
Column Krater (mixing bowl for wine and water): Youth Playing a Lyre
RF
The Harrow Painter
· c. 490-470 BCE
Mixing bowl (column krater) depicting Medea and Pelias
RF
Painter: the Aegisthus Painter
· about 470 B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Stamnos or Column Krater Fragment
RF
BOREAS-FLORENCE GROUP
· 490–470 B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Krater Fragment
RF
Berlin Painter
· about 490 B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Volute Krater Fragment
RF
Euthymides
· about 490 B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Volute Krater Fragment
RF
Kleophrades Painter
· about 490–480 B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Calyx Krater Fragment
RF
Berlin Painter
· about 490 B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Column Krater
RF
Myson
· about 490 B.C.
Terracotta calyx-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
RF
Attributed to the Kleophrades Painter
· ca. 490 BCE
Column Krater with Komos
RF
3130
· ca. 470-460 BCE (Classical)
Terracotta column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
RF
Attributed to Myson
· ca. 480 BCE
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