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Greek, Corinth

Fragment of a Mixing Bowl (Krater), ca. 600 BCE

Now On View

Description

Maker

Unknown

Culture

Greek

Title

Fragment of a Mixing Bowl (Krater)

Year

ca. 600 BCE

Medium

Terracotta, black-figure

Materials/Techniques

Materials

clay

Techniques

Dimensions

Height: 11.4 cm (4 1/2 inches) (greatest preserved)

Place

Corinth

Type

Ceramics

Credit

Walter J. Kimball Fund

Object Number

62.059

Projects & Publications

Publications

A Handbook of the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design

Classical Vases, Excluding Attic Black-Figure, Attic Red-Figure and Attic White Ground

Exhibition History

New Works from the Ancient World

May 23 - August 30, 1986

Recent Accessions

September 3-22, 1963

Ancient Greek and Roman Galleries

These fragments were part of a large mixing bowl (column krater) that was made in Corinth, where black-figure painting was invented. Black slip was used on most of the figures; this slip would have been thinned out to paint the spear shafts, shields, helmet crests, and horses’ reins. A matte paint was employed in detail work on the horses’ manes and the soldiers’ helmets.

Use

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