symposium (drinking party) and, especially, of its paraphernalia: a wreathed column-krater
During the Late Bronze Age, Cyprus was also an important center for the manufacture of works of art that show an amalgam of local and foreign influences. Stylistic features and iconographic elements borrowed from Egypt, the Near East, and the Aegean are often mixed together in Cypriot works.
zoomorphic askos (vessel) with antlers Cypriot ca. 1725–1600 BCE Terracotta chariot krater
Although components of Hellenic attire have appeared throughout Western fashion’s 600-year history, it is only from the 1790s to the 1810s that classicized forms are embraced as the prevailing mode.
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask) Phiale Painter ca. 440 BCE Terracotta bell-krater
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BCE Figure of Girl playing Tsuzumi Japan 1870 Terracotta fragment of a volute-krater
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18th century Les Pillards Léopold Flameng 1853 Terracotta fragment of a column-krater
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Terracotta fragment of a volute-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water) Greek, Attic
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a branch Greek, Laconian 6th–5th century BCE Terracotta fragment of a volute-krater
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Artist/Maker (z-a) Accession Number (0-9) Accession Number (9-0) Terracotta column-krater
During the Mycenaean period, the Greek mainland enjoyed an era of prosperity centered in such strongholds as Mycenae, Tiryns, Thebes, and Athens.
with murex decoration Helladic, Mycenaean ca. 1400–1300 BCE Terracotta chariot krater
Some marble sculptures were completely painted and gilded, effectively obscuring the marble surface; others had more limited, selective polychromy used to emphasize details such as the hair, eyes, and lips and accompanying attributes.
40 BCE Marble head of an elderly woman Roman ca. 40–20 BCE Terracotta column-krater
