Terracotta column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Obverse and reverse, charioteer in a quadriga (four-horse chariot)
The chariot race was the most prestigious event at all the Panhellenic games held in Greece. Only the wealthiest could afford the four-horse chariot with professional driver needed to enter the competition. This picture of a quadriga ready to depart must have pleased the symposiasts whose wine was mixed in the krater.
The chariot race was the most prestigious event at all the Panhellenic games held in Greece. Only the wealthiest could afford the four-horse chariot with professional driver needed to enter the competition. This picture of a quadriga ready to depart must have pleased the symposiasts whose wine was mixed in the krater.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
- Period: Archaic
- Date: last quarter of 6th century BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; black-figure
- Dimensions: H. 13 1/16 in. (33.2 cm)
- Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Gift of Estate of Julius Sachs, 1934
- Object Number: 34.32.1
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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