Status Currently Off View Department Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean and Byzantium Culture Ancient Greek Title Volute Krater (Mixing Bowl) Place Apulia (Object made in) Dateĭates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Since the krater is a funerary vessel, these figures may be symbolic representations of the dead or they may depict marble statues of the tomb’s occupants. On the back another naiskos (tomb) is decorated with large white figures. On the front of this vessel, a warrior and his horse stand in a naiskos (tomb) surrounded by attendants with offerings above them is the god Eros and on the handles male and female followers of the god Dionysos are depicted.
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