Object Image

Terracotta fragment of a calyx-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water) or column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)

Bit of the mane, and, part of the back, shoulder, and tail of a lion to left

Credit: Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011

Second half of the 5th century B.C.
Terracotta; black-figure
2011.604.3.637
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019

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