Detail of a Terracotta Bell Krater Attributed to the Painter of the Louvre Centauromachy in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, April 2017

Terracotta bell-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)

Attributed to the Painter of the Louvre Centauromachy

Period:Classical

Date:mid-fifth century B.C.

Culture:Greek, Attic

Medium:Terracotta; red-figure

Dimensions:Other: 13 1/4 × 16 in. (33.7 × 40.6 cm)
Diameter: 15 × 6 1/4 in. (38.1 × 15.9 cm)

Classification:Vases

Credit Line:Gift of Sylvia de Cuevas, 2013

Accession Number:2013.158

With only three figures and carefully selected and rendered details - the musical instruments, the drinking cup, the boots on the floor, the representation captures and characterizes a Classical symposium. The scene is noteworthy for its gravity.

Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/259196