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Terracotta dinos (mixing bowl)

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.

#1009. Terracotta dinos (mixing bowl)

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Terracotta dinos (mixing bowl), Attributed to the Polyteleia Painter, Terracotta, Greek, Corinthian — Due to rights restrictions, this image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

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

Accession Number: 1997.36

Essay

Greek Art in the Archaic Period

Chronology

Ancient Greece, 1000 B.C.-1 A.D.

"Recent Acquisitions, A Selection: 1996–1997": The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 55. no. 2 (Fall, 1997)

Greek Art From Prehistoric to Classical: A Resource for Educators

Art of the Classical World in The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Greece, Cyprus, Etruria, Rome

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"Recent Acquisitions, A Selection: 1996–1997": The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 55. no. 2 (Fall, 1997)

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