Terracotta bell-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water), Classical, ca. 470–450 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; red-figure, H. 15 1/4 in. (38.8 cm), Vases, In this magnificent vase, the shape and the gloss of its surface are paramount. The lack of figural decoration suggests that, rather than hold wine, it may have contained cold water or snow to chill a wine-filled psykter (vase for cooling wine)
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Terracotta bell-krater, bowl, mixing wine, water, Classical, ca, 470–450 B.C, Greek, Attic, Terracotta, red-figure, H, 15 1/4, 38.8 cm, Vases, magnificent vase, shape, gloss, surface, paramount, lack, figural decoration, hold, contained cold water, snow, chill, wine-filled psykter, vase, cooling
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