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Psykter
ψυκτήρ
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A mushroom-shaped wine cooler, designed to be floated in a krater full of cold water or snow. An ingenious solution for keeping wine cool during long summer symposia.
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Wine cooler
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Terracotta psykter (vase for cooling wine)
Attributed to Oltos
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ca. 520–510 BCE
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)