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Red-Figure Column Krater (Mixing Vessel): Komos (Revel)
The collection record classifies this work as ceramic. It is dated 470–460 BCE. Recorded culture or place: Greek, Attic.
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- Museum title
- Red-Figure Column Krater (Mixing Vessel): Komos (Revel)
- Date
- 470–460 BCE
- Culture / origin
- Greek, Attic
- Materials and technique
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 40.4 cm (15 7/8 in.); Overall: 41 cm (16 1/8 in.)
- Artist / maker
- Pig Painter (Greek, Attic, active c. 480–460 BCE)
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 1924.197
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The following description is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s original English record.
Used for mixing wine and water at a symposium (or drinking party), this column-krater speaks to the perils and pleasures of drinking. On one side, a bearded man holding a staff and a drinking cup leans forward, a red stream of vomit falling from his mouth. Before him is a nude young boy, holding a tortoiseshell lyre and a basket or pail. On the other side, a young man dances, holding a deep cup and wearing just one boot. On the neck above him, scratched in large letters, is the name SIMONOS, probably indicating that the vase once belonged to someone named Simon.
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The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of Mrs. Leonard C. Hanna · CC0
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