Mixing Bowl (Column Krater) with Dancing Satyrs

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Mixing Bowl (Column Krater) with Dancing Satyrs

Artist Painter of the Group of Munich 892 Etruscan, active c. 500-475 BCE

Period Early Etruscan Etruscan, 9th century-4th century BCE

Place of OriginItaly, reportedly from Bolsena

Date470-460 BCE

Dimensions9 7/8 × 9 in. (25.1 × 22.9 cm)

Mediumearthenware

ClassificationCeramics

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1912.1240

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Collections

Decorative Arts

Published ReferencesSchwarz, S.J., "A Vulci Vase in the Getty Museum," in Greek Vases in the J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, 1983, p. 125, nr. 9 (attributed to Group of Munich).

Henriksson, Britten, Satyrs in Etruria. A study of a theme on Etruscan black-figure vases, Göteborg, 2007, revised 2008, pl. 67, n. 3.58.

Label TextThis black-figure column krater was crafted in Etruria between 470 and 460 BCE. Kraters, large vessels used for mixing wine and water, were common in symposia (drinking parties) across the ancient Mediterranean. The front of this krater (Side A) depicts a satyr and a woman, while the back (Side B) features two women—one playing an aulos (a double-reed instrument) and the other in a dancing pose.