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
Calyx-krater, fragments
ca. 360–340 BCE
Terracotta column-krater (mixing bowl)
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
Volute-krater fragment
ca. 360–340 BCE
Volute-krater fragment
ca. 360–340 BCE
Volute-krater fragment
ca. 350–300 BCE
Terracotta calyx-krater (mixing bowl)
ca. 350–300 BCE
Terracotta bell-krater (mixing bowl)
ca. 350–300 BCE
Volute-krater fragment
ca. 350–300 BCE
Terracotta bell-krater (mixing bowl)
Terracotta bell-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Terracotta volute-krater (mixing bowl)
Volute-krater fragment
ca. 330–310 BCE
Fragment of a terracotta volute-krater
Volute-krater fragment
ca. 330–310 BCE
Volute-krater fragment
ca. 330–310 BCE
Volute-krater fragment
ca. 330–310 BCE
Volute-krater fragment
ca. 330–310 BCE
Terracotta volute-krater (container for mixing wine and water)
Terracotta volute-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Volute-krater fragments
Volute-krater fragment
ca. 330–310 BCE
Fragment of a terracotta volute-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Fragment of a terracotta volute-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water); joins 19.192.81.5,.10,.19
Fragment of a terracotta volute-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water); joins 19.192.81.5,.10,.11
Terracotta volute-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
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