Vases Krater
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
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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)
6th/5th centuries 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)
late 6th 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)
third quarter of the sixth 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)
540–530 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)
third quarter of the sixth century BCE
Fragmentary Stamnoid Krater
Fragmentary Stamnoid Krater
650–600 B.C.
Terracotta fragment of a volute-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Terracotta fragment of a volute-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
510 BCE
KRATER, FRAGMENT (PROTOATTIC)
KRATER, FRAGMENT (PROTOATTIC)
CompareNETTOS P · -650 TO -600
Terracotta fragment of a calyx-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
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)
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)
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
510 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)
third quarter of the sixth 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)
third quarter of the sixth 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)
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)?
5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Terracotta fragments 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)
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
mid-6th 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)
early 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)
late 6th/early 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)
late 6th/early 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of a calyx-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Terracotta fragments 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)
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)
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)
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
early 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)
510 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)
mid-6th 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)
6th/5th centuries 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)
late 6th/early 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)
third 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)?
third 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 half of the 5th century BCE
Krater, miniature
Krater, miniature
BF 600–480 BCE
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF Manner ofLYDOS · -600 TO -550
Kleiner Krater (Archaischer Miniaturkrater mit Volutenhenkeln)
Kleiner Krater (Archaischer Miniaturkrater mit Volutenhenkeln)
600-575 v. Chr.
KRATER, COLUMN, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KRATER, COLUMN, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF -600 TO -550
Attischer Kolonnettenkrater
Attischer Kolonnettenkrater
600-577 v. Chr.
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF Sophilos · -600 TO -550
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)?
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)?
late 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a krater?
Terracotta fragment of a krater?
6th century BCE
Terracotta krater (mixing bowl)
Terracotta krater (mixing bowl)
BF 6th century BCE
Attic Black-Figure Vase (Krater?) Fragment
Attic Black-Figure Vase (Krater?) Fragment
BF 6th century B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Column Krater Fragment (comprised of 8 Joined Fragments)
Attic Black-Figure Column Krater Fragment (comprised of 8 Joined Fragments)
BF 6th century B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Column Krater Fragment
Attic Black-Figure Column Krater Fragment
BF 6th century B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Column Krater Fragment (part of 81.AE.207.408)
Attic Black-Figure Column Krater Fragment (part of 81.AE.207.408)
BF 6th century B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Column Krater Fragment
Attic Black-Figure Column Krater Fragment
BF 6th century B.C.
Terracotta volute-krater (vase for mixing wine and water)
Terracotta volute-krater (vase for mixing wine and water)
BF Sophilos · early 6th century BCE
Attic Black-Figure Column Krater Fragment (part of 81.AE.207.408, comprised of 6 Joined Fragments)
Attic Black-Figure Column Krater Fragment (part of 81.AE.207.408, comprised of 6 Joined Fragments)
BF 6th century B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Column Krater Fragment (part of 81.AE.207.408, comprised of 13 Joined Fragments)
Attic Black-Figure Column Krater Fragment (part of 81.AE.207.408, comprised of 13 Joined Fragments)
BF 6th century B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Column Krater Fragment
Attic Black-Figure Column Krater Fragment
BF 6th century B.C.
One Fragment from an Attic Black-Figure Volute Krater
One Fragment from an Attic Black-Figure Volute Krater
BF 6th–5th century B.C.
Fragment of a terracotta column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Fragment of a terracotta column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
BF Attributed to the Cavalcade Painter · ca. 590–570 BCE
Corinthian Column Krater Fragment
Corinthian Column Krater Fragment
about 590–570 B.C.
Terracotta column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Terracotta column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
the Detroit Painter · ca. 590–570 BCE
Column Krater (mixing bowl for wine and water): Symposium; Cavalcade
Column Krater (mixing bowl for wine and water): Symposium; Cavalcade
BF c. 585 BCE-575 BCE
Terracotta krater (bowl for mixing wine and water) of Chalcidian shape
Terracotta krater (bowl for mixing wine and water) of Chalcidian shape
ca. 580–550 BCE
Fragment of a Column Krater (Mixing Bowl)
Fragment of a Column Krater (Mixing Bowl)
BF the Cavalcade Painter · 580-570 BCE
KRATER, COLUMN (NORTH GREEK, BLACK-FIGURE)
KRATER, COLUMN (NORTH GREEK, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF -575 TO -525
KRATER, COLUMN (NORTH GREEK, BLACK-FIGURE)
KRATER, COLUMN (NORTH GREEK, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF -575 TO -525
KRATER, COLUMN (NORTH GREEK, BLACK-FIGURE)
KRATER, COLUMN (NORTH GREEK, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF -575 TO -525
KRATER, COLUMN (NORTH GREEK, BLACK-FIGURE)
KRATER, COLUMN (NORTH GREEK, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF Imitation ofLYDOS · -575 TO -525
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