Bell Krater (bowl for mixing wine and water): Torch Race
VesselsGreek5th century BCE

Bell Krater (bowl for mixing wine and water): Torch Race

c. 430-420 BCE

Artists

Peleus PainterArtist

Description

Side A: Torch race: two runners with torches, altar, olive tree, prize hydria (water jar). Side B: Three youths, one with strigil, another with staff. Under rim: olive wreath; ground line: meander pattern; tongue pattern at handle attachments. Recomposed from fragments, with some inpainting.

Classification
Vessels
Technique
Red-figure
Medium
Terracotta
Culture
Greek
Period
Classical period, High
Century
5th century BCE
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Department
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

36.1 cm h x 39.6 cm diam. (14 3/16 x 15 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Jacob Hirsch, Geneva and Lucerne, (by 1937), sold; to David M. Robinson, Baltimore, MD, (by 1937-1958), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1960.

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