Detail of a Terracotta Column-Krater Attributed to the Painter of the Bari Orestes in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, January 2012

Terracotta column-krater (mixing bowl)

Attributed to the Painter of the Bari Orestes

Period: Late Classical

Date: ca. 375–350 B.C.

Culture: Greek, South Italian, Apulian

Medium: Terracotta; red-figure

Dimensions: H. with handles 17 3/16 in. (43.7 cm) H. without handles 17 in. (43.2 cm)

Classification: Vases

Credit Line: Purchase by subscription, 1896

Accession Number: 96.18.42

Label:

Obverse, woman and two Oscan youths
Reverse, three youths

The figures carry paraphernalia for an observance—trays with cakes, a nestoris (an Italic type of jar), and a bunch of grapes that suggests a Dionysiac connection.

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