File:Pair of terracotta volute-kraters (vases for mixing wine and water) with stands MET DP356255.jpg

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Pair of terracotta volute-kraters (vases for mixing wine and water) with stands, Greek, South Italian, Apulian (MET, 1995.53.2a, b)

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Title
Pair of terracotta volute-kraters (vases for mixing wine and water) with stands
Description

Greek, South Italian, Apulian; Volute-krater with stand; Vases; Although these volute-kraters may have been modeled after examples of bronze, they are imposing works in their own right. South Italian vases are often interpreted

as having been made for the tomb. Regardless of their final disposition, black-glazed pieces with no evident funerary reference probably first served in life.
Date 3rd quarter of the 4th century B.C.
Medium Terracotta
Dimensions

Base: 10 in. (25.4 cm) vase: 29 1/4 in. (74.3 cm)

39 × 18 in. (99.1 × 45.7 cm)
institution QS:P195,Q160236
Current location
Greek and Roman Art
Accession number
1995.53.2a, b
Credit line The Bothmer Purchase Fund, 1995
Source/Photographer

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/256210

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