Column-Krater (Mixing Bowl) (about 450 BCE): Artwork and History

Column-Krater (Mixing Bowl) (about 450 BCE) is in the Art Institute of Chicago collection. The museum lists its creator attribution as Attributed to the Painter of London E 489 Greek; Athens.

The work and its context

The Art Institute of Chicago describes the work:

On the front of this vase are four youths in himatia. On the left, the youth is facing right and gesturing with his left hand; next, a youth with a lyre is also facing to the right; then a youth gesturing strongly and raising his stick as he leans to the right but with feet out-turned; on the far right a final youth facing left, with a stick. On the other side are three youths also in himatia – that on the left faces right, that in the middle also right, that on the right faces left.

Object facts

• Title: Column-Krater (Mixing Bowl)
• Date: about 450 BCE
• Artist attribution: Attributed to the Painter of London E 489 Greek; Athens
• Place of origin: Greece
• Medium: terracotta, red-figure
• Dimensions: 36.8 × 35.5 × 30.1 cm (14 1/4 × 14 × 11 7/8 in.)
• Type: Vessel
• Department: Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
• Reference number: 1889.93

Collection credit

Museum Purchase Fund

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