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Terracotta dinos (mixing bowl)

Attributed to the Polyteleia Painter
ca. 630–615 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 152
The finest vases from the region of Corinth are generally datable to the seventh century B.C. This dinos, a bowl for the wine diluted with water that was consumed at symposia, is decorated in two zones with large-scale animals. Above, panthers and sphinxes, and below are goats and lions between sphinxes.

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Object Information
  • Title: Terracotta dinos (mixing bowl)
  • Artist: Attributed to the Polyteleia Painter
  • Period: Transitional
  • Date: ca. 630–615 BCE
  • Culture: Greek, Corinthian
  • Medium: Terracotta; black-figure
  • Dimensions: H. 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm); diameter 12 in. (30.5 cm)
  • Classification: Vases
  • Credit Line: The Bothmer Purchase Fund and Louis V. Bell Fund, 1997
  • Object Number: 1997.36
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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